What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85500 and 85518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85500 and 85518 is 18.

GCF(85500,85518) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85500 and 85518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85500 and 85518.

How to find the GCF of 85500 and 85518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85500 and 85518. After we will calculate the factors of 85500 and 85518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85500

Prime factors of 85500 are 2, 3, 5, 19. Prime factorization of 85500 in exponential form is:

85500 = 2² × 3² × 5³ × 19¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85518

Prime factors of 85518 are 2, 3, 4751. Prime factorization of 85518 in exponential form is:

85518 = 2¹ × 3² × 4751¹

Step-3: Factors of 85500

List of positive integer factors of 85500 that divides 85500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 36, 38, 45, 50, 57, 60, 75, 76, 90, 95, 100, 114, 125, 150, 171, 180, 190, 225, 228, 250, 285, 300, 342, 375, 380, 450, 475, 500, 570, 684, 750, 855, 900, 950, 1125, 1140, 1425, 1500, 1710, 1900, 2250, 2375, 2850, 3420, 4275, 4500, 4750, 5700, 7125, 8550, 9500, 14250, 17100, 21375, 28500, 42750

Step-4: Factors of 85518

List of positive integer factors of 85518 that divides 85500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 4751, 9502, 14253, 28506, 42759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85500 and 85518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85500 and 85518 is 18.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 85500 and 85518