What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84994 and 85012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84994 and 85012 is 2.

GCF(84994,85012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84994 and 85012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84994 and 85012.

How to find the GCF of 84994 and 85012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84994 and 85012. After we will calculate the factors of 84994 and 85012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84994

Prime factors of 84994 are 2, 7, 13, 467. Prime factorization of 84994 in exponential form is:

84994 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85012

Prime factors of 85012 are 2, 53, 401. Prime factorization of 85012 in exponential form is:

85012 = 2² × 53¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 84994

List of positive integer factors of 84994 that divides 84994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 26, 91, 182, 467, 934, 3269, 6071, 6538, 12142, 42497

Step-4: Factors of 85012

List of positive integer factors of 85012 that divides 84994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 53, 106, 212, 401, 802, 1604, 21253, 42506

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84994 and 85012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84994 and 85012 is 2.

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