What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85850 and 85870?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85850 and 85870 is 10.

GCF(85850,85870) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85850 and 85870, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85850 and 85870.

How to find the GCF of 85850 and 85870?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85850 and 85870. After we will calculate the factors of 85850 and 85870 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85850

Prime factors of 85850 are 2, 5, 17, 101. Prime factorization of 85850 in exponential form is:

85850 = 2¹ × 5² × 17¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85870

Prime factors of 85870 are 2, 5, 31, 277. Prime factorization of 85870 in exponential form is:

85870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 31¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 85850

List of positive integer factors of 85850 that divides 85850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 25, 34, 50, 85, 101, 170, 202, 425, 505, 850, 1010, 1717, 2525, 3434, 5050, 8585, 17170, 42925

Step-4: Factors of 85870

List of positive integer factors of 85870 that divides 85850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 31, 62, 155, 277, 310, 554, 1385, 2770, 8587, 17174, 42935

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85850 and 85870. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85850 and 85870 is 10.

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