What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85924 and 85928?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85924 and 85928 is 4.

GCF(85924,85928) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85924 and 85928, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85924 and 85928.

How to find the GCF of 85924 and 85928?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85924 and 85928. After we will calculate the factors of 85924 and 85928 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85924

Prime factors of 85924 are 2, 21481. Prime factorization of 85924 in exponential form is:

85924 = 2² × 21481¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85928

Prime factors of 85928 are 2, 23, 467. Prime factorization of 85928 in exponential form is:

85928 = 2³ × 23¹ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 85924

List of positive integer factors of 85924 that divides 85924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21481, 42962

Step-4: Factors of 85928

List of positive integer factors of 85928 that divides 85924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 184, 467, 934, 1868, 3736, 10741, 21482, 42964

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85924 and 85928. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85924 and 85928 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 85924 and 85928