What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85042 and 85056?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85042 and 85056 is 2.

GCF(85042,85056) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85042 and 85056, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85042 and 85056.

How to find the GCF of 85042 and 85056?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85042 and 85056. After we will calculate the factors of 85042 and 85056 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 85056

Prime factors of 85056 are 2, 3, 443. Prime factorization of 85056 in exponential form is:

85056 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 443¹

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 85056

List of positive integer factors of 85056 that divides 85042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 192, 443, 886, 1329, 1772, 2658, 3544, 5316, 7088, 10632, 14176, 21264, 28352, 42528

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85042 and 85056. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85042 and 85056 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 85042 and 85056