What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85944 and 85964?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85944 and 85964 is 4.

GCF(85944,85964) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85944 and 85964, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85944 and 85964.

How to find the GCF of 85944 and 85964?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85944 and 85964. After we will calculate the factors of 85944 and 85964 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85944

Prime factors of 85944 are 2, 3, 3581. Prime factorization of 85944 in exponential form is:

85944 = 2³ × 3¹ × 3581¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85964

Prime factors of 85964 are 2, 21491. Prime factorization of 85964 in exponential form is:

85964 = 2² × 21491¹

Step-3: Factors of 85944

List of positive integer factors of 85944 that divides 85944 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 3581, 7162, 10743, 14324, 21486, 28648, 42972

Step-4: Factors of 85964

List of positive integer factors of 85964 that divides 85944 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21491, 42982

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85944 and 85964. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85944 and 85964 is 4.

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