What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85969 and 85983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85969 and 85983 is 1.

GCF(85969,85983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85969 and 85983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85969 and 85983.

How to find the GCF of 85969 and 85983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85969 and 85983. After we will calculate the factors of 85969 and 85983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85969

Prime factors of 85969 are 13, 17, 389. Prime factorization of 85969 in exponential form is:

85969 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85983

Prime factors of 85983 are 3, 28661. Prime factorization of 85983 in exponential form is:

85983 = 3¹ × 28661¹

Step-3: Factors of 85969

List of positive integer factors of 85969 that divides 85969 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 221, 389, 5057, 6613

Step-4: Factors of 85983

List of positive integer factors of 85983 that divides 85969 without a remainder.

1, 3, 28661

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85969 and 85983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85969 and 85983 is 1.

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