What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85040 and 85046?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85040 and 85046 is 2.

GCF(85040,85046) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85040 and 85046, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85040 and 85046.

How to find the GCF of 85040 and 85046?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85040 and 85046. After we will calculate the factors of 85040 and 85046 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85040

Prime factors of 85040 are 2, 5, 1063. Prime factorization of 85040 in exponential form is:

85040 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 1063¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85046

Prime factors of 85046 are 2, 13, 3271. Prime factorization of 85046 in exponential form is:

85046 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3271¹

Step-3: Factors of 85040

List of positive integer factors of 85040 that divides 85040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 1063, 2126, 4252, 5315, 8504, 10630, 17008, 21260, 42520

Step-4: Factors of 85046

List of positive integer factors of 85046 that divides 85040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3271, 6542, 42523

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85040 and 85046. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85040 and 85046 is 2.

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