What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85748 and 85762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85748 and 85762 is 2.

GCF(85748,85762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85748 and 85762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85748 and 85762.

How to find the GCF of 85748 and 85762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85748 and 85762. After we will calculate the factors of 85748 and 85762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85748

Prime factors of 85748 are 2, 13, 17, 97. Prime factorization of 85748 in exponential form is:

85748 = 2² × 13¹ × 17¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85762

Prime factors of 85762 are 2, 137, 313. Prime factorization of 85762 in exponential form is:

85762 = 2¹ × 137¹ × 313¹

Step-3: Factors of 85748

List of positive integer factors of 85748 that divides 85748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 17, 26, 34, 52, 68, 97, 194, 221, 388, 442, 884, 1261, 1649, 2522, 3298, 5044, 6596, 21437, 42874

Step-4: Factors of 85762

List of positive integer factors of 85762 that divides 85748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 137, 274, 313, 626, 42881

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85748 and 85762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85748 and 85762 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 85748 and 85762