What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85042 and 85054?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85042 and 85054 is 2.

GCF(85042,85054) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85042 and 85054, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85042 and 85054.

How to find the GCF of 85042 and 85054?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85042 and 85054. After we will calculate the factors of 85042 and 85054 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 85054

Prime factors of 85054 are 2, 23, 43. Prime factorization of 85054 in exponential form is:

85054 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 43²

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 85054

List of positive integer factors of 85054 that divides 85042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 43, 46, 86, 989, 1849, 1978, 3698, 42527

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85042 and 85054. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85042 and 85054 is 2.

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