What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85042 and 85052?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85042 and 85052 is 2.

GCF(85042,85052) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85042 and 85052, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85042 and 85052.

How to find the GCF of 85042 and 85052?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85042 and 85052. After we will calculate the factors of 85042 and 85052 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85042

Prime factors of 85042 are 2, 101, 421. Prime factorization of 85042 in exponential form is:

85042 = 2¹ × 101¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85052

Prime factors of 85052 are 2, 11, 1933. Prime factorization of 85052 in exponential form is:

85052 = 2² × 11¹ × 1933¹

Step-3: Factors of 85042

List of positive integer factors of 85042 that divides 85042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 202, 421, 842, 42521

Step-4: Factors of 85052

List of positive integer factors of 85052 that divides 85042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1933, 3866, 7732, 21263, 42526

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85042 and 85052. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85042 and 85052 is 2.

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