What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85949 and 85966?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85949 and 85966 is 1.

GCF(85949,85966) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85949 and 85966, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85949 and 85966.

How to find the GCF of 85949 and 85966?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85949 and 85966. After we will calculate the factors of 85949 and 85966 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 85966

Prime factors of 85966 are 2, 53, 811. Prime factorization of 85966 in exponential form is:

85966 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 811¹

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 85966

List of positive integer factors of 85966 that divides 85949 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 811, 1622, 42983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85949 and 85966. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85949 and 85966 is 1.

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