What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84998 and 85012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84998 and 85012 is 2.

GCF(84998,85012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84998 and 85012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84998 and 85012.

How to find the GCF of 84998 and 85012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84998 and 85012. After we will calculate the factors of 84998 and 85012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84998

Prime factors of 84998 are 2, 42499. Prime factorization of 84998 in exponential form is:

84998 = 2¹ × 42499¹

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 84998

List of positive integer factors of 84998 that divides 84998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42499

Step-4: Factors of 85012

List of positive integer factors of 85012 that divides 84998 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 84998 and 85012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84998 and 85012 is 2.

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