What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85852 and 85868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85852 and 85868 is 4.

GCF(85852,85868) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85852 and 85868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85852 and 85868.

How to find the GCF of 85852 and 85868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85852 and 85868. After we will calculate the factors of 85852 and 85868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85852

Prime factors of 85852 are 2, 13, 127. Prime factorization of 85852 in exponential form is:

85852 = 2² × 13² × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85868

Prime factors of 85868 are 2, 21467. Prime factorization of 85868 in exponential form is:

85868 = 2² × 21467¹

Step-3: Factors of 85852

List of positive integer factors of 85852 that divides 85852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 127, 169, 254, 338, 508, 676, 1651, 3302, 6604, 21463, 42926

Step-4: Factors of 85868

List of positive integer factors of 85868 that divides 85852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21467, 42934

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85852 and 85868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85852 and 85868 is 4.

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