What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85905 and 85915?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85905 and 85915 is 5.

GCF(85905,85915) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85905 and 85915, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85905 and 85915.

How to find the GCF of 85905 and 85915?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85905 and 85915. After we will calculate the factors of 85905 and 85915 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85905

Prime factors of 85905 are 3, 5, 23, 83. Prime factorization of 85905 in exponential form is:

85905 = 3² × 5¹ × 23¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85915

Prime factors of 85915 are 5, 17183. Prime factorization of 85915 in exponential form is:

85915 = 5¹ × 17183¹

Step-3: Factors of 85905

List of positive integer factors of 85905 that divides 85905 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 23, 45, 69, 83, 115, 207, 249, 345, 415, 747, 1035, 1245, 1909, 3735, 5727, 9545, 17181, 28635

Step-4: Factors of 85915

List of positive integer factors of 85915 that divides 85905 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17183

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85905 and 85915. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85905 and 85915 is 5.

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