What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85949 and 85962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85949 and 85962 is 1.

GCF(85949,85962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85949 and 85962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85949 and 85962.

How to find the GCF of 85949 and 85962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85949 and 85962. After we will calculate the factors of 85949 and 85962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85949

Prime factors of 85949 are 61, 1409. Prime factorization of 85949 in exponential form is:

85949 = 61¹ × 1409¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85962

Prime factors of 85962 are 2, 3, 14327. Prime factorization of 85962 in exponential form is:

85962 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14327¹

Step-3: Factors of 85949

List of positive integer factors of 85949 that divides 85949 without a remainder.

1, 61, 1409

Step-4: Factors of 85962

List of positive integer factors of 85962 that divides 85949 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14327, 28654, 42981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85949 and 85962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85949 and 85962 is 1.

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