What is the Greatest Common Factor of 85997 and 86013?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 85997 and 86013 is 1.

GCF(85997,86013) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 85997 and 86013, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 85997 and 86013.

How to find the GCF of 85997 and 86013?

We will first find the prime factorization of 85997 and 86013. After we will calculate the factors of 85997 and 86013 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 85997

Prime factors of 85997 are 23, 3739. Prime factorization of 85997 in exponential form is:

85997 = 23¹ × 3739¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86013

Prime factors of 86013 are 3, 19, 503. Prime factorization of 86013 in exponential form is:

86013 = 3² × 19¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 85997

List of positive integer factors of 85997 that divides 85997 without a remainder.

1, 23, 3739

Step-4: Factors of 86013

List of positive integer factors of 86013 that divides 85997 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 57, 171, 503, 1509, 4527, 9557, 28671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 85997 and 86013. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 85997 and 86013 is 1.

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