What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85442 and 85450?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85442 and 85450 is 2.

GCF(85442,85450) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85442 and 85450, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85442 and 85450.

How to find the GCF of 85442 and 85450?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85442 and 85450. After we will calculate the factors of 85442 and 85450 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85442

Prime factors of 85442 are 2, 7, 17, 359. Prime factorization of 85442 in exponential form is:

85442 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85450

Prime factors of 85450 are 2, 5, 1709. Prime factorization of 85450 in exponential form is:

85450 = 2¹ × 5² × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 85442

List of positive integer factors of 85442 that divides 85442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 119, 238, 359, 718, 2513, 5026, 6103, 12206, 42721

Step-4: Factors of 85450

List of positive integer factors of 85450 that divides 85442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1709, 3418, 8545, 17090, 42725

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85442 and 85450. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85442 and 85450 is 2.

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