What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85430 and 85434?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85430 and 85434 is 2.

GCF(85430,85434) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85430 and 85434, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85430 and 85434.

How to find the GCF of 85430 and 85434?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85430 and 85434. After we will calculate the factors of 85430 and 85434 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85430

Prime factors of 85430 are 2, 5, 8543. Prime factorization of 85430 in exponential form is:

85430 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 8543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85434

Prime factors of 85434 are 2, 3, 29, 491. Prime factorization of 85434 in exponential form is:

85434 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 491¹

Step-3: Factors of 85430

List of positive integer factors of 85430 that divides 85430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 8543, 17086, 42715

Step-4: Factors of 85434

List of positive integer factors of 85434 that divides 85430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 491, 982, 1473, 2946, 14239, 28478, 42717

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85430 and 85434. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85430 and 85434 is 2.

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