What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85012 and 85018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85012 and 85018 is 2.

GCF(85012,85018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85012 and 85018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85012 and 85018.

How to find the GCF of 85012 and 85018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85012 and 85018. After we will calculate the factors of 85012 and 85018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 85018

Prime factors of 85018 are 2, 42509. Prime factorization of 85018 in exponential form is:

85018 = 2¹ × 42509¹

Step-3: Factors of 85012

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 85018

List of positive integer factors of 85018 that divides 85012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42509

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85012 and 85018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85012 and 85018 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 85012 and 85018