What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85922 and 85926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85922 and 85926 is 2.

GCF(85922,85926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85922 and 85926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85922 and 85926.

How to find the GCF of 85922 and 85926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85922 and 85926. After we will calculate the factors of 85922 and 85926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85922

Prime factors of 85922 are 2, 42961. Prime factorization of 85922 in exponential form is:

85922 = 2¹ × 42961¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85926

Prime factors of 85926 are 2, 3, 14321. Prime factorization of 85926 in exponential form is:

85926 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14321¹

Step-3: Factors of 85922

List of positive integer factors of 85922 that divides 85922 without a remainder.

1, 2, 42961

Step-4: Factors of 85926

List of positive integer factors of 85926 that divides 85922 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14321, 28642, 42963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85922 and 85926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85922 and 85926 is 2.

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