What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85986 and 85996?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85986 and 85996 is 2.

GCF(85986,85996) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85986 and 85996, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85986 and 85996.

How to find the GCF of 85986 and 85996?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85986 and 85996. After we will calculate the factors of 85986 and 85996 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85986

Prime factors of 85986 are 2, 3, 17, 281. Prime factorization of 85986 in exponential form is:

85986 = 2¹ × 3² × 17¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 85996

Prime factors of 85996 are 2, 21499. Prime factorization of 85996 in exponential form is:

85996 = 2² × 21499¹

Step-3: Factors of 85986

List of positive integer factors of 85986 that divides 85986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 102, 153, 281, 306, 562, 843, 1686, 2529, 4777, 5058, 9554, 14331, 28662, 42993

Step-4: Factors of 85996

List of positive integer factors of 85996 that divides 85986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21499, 42998

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85986 and 85996. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85986 and 85996 is 2.

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