What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85532 and 85542?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85532 and 85542 is 2.

GCF(85532,85542) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85532 and 85542, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85532 and 85542.

How to find the GCF of 85532 and 85542?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85532 and 85542. After we will calculate the factors of 85532 and 85542 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85532

Prime factors of 85532 are 2, 21383. Prime factorization of 85532 in exponential form is:

85532 = 2² × 21383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85542

Prime factors of 85542 are 2, 3, 53, 269. Prime factorization of 85542 in exponential form is:

85542 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 53¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 85532

List of positive integer factors of 85532 that divides 85532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21383, 42766

Step-4: Factors of 85542

List of positive integer factors of 85542 that divides 85532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 53, 106, 159, 269, 318, 538, 807, 1614, 14257, 28514, 42771

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85532 and 85542. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85532 and 85542 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 85532 and 85542