What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85834 and 85841?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85834 and 85841 is 7.

GCF(85834,85841) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85834 and 85841, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85834 and 85841.

How to find the GCF of 85834 and 85841?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85834 and 85841. After we will calculate the factors of 85834 and 85841 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85834

Prime factors of 85834 are 2, 7, 6131. Prime factorization of 85834 in exponential form is:

85834 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 6131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85841

Prime factors of 85841 are 7, 12263. Prime factorization of 85841 in exponential form is:

85841 = 7¹ × 12263¹

Step-3: Factors of 85834

List of positive integer factors of 85834 that divides 85834 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 6131, 12262, 42917

Step-4: Factors of 85841

List of positive integer factors of 85841 that divides 85834 without a remainder.

1, 7, 12263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85834 and 85841. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85834 and 85841 is 7.

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