What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86031 and 86042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86031 and 86042 is 11.

GCF(86031,86042) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86031 and 86042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86031 and 86042.

How to find the GCF of 86031 and 86042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86031 and 86042. After we will calculate the factors of 86031 and 86042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86031

Prime factors of 86031 are 3, 11, 79. Prime factorization of 86031 in exponential form is:

86031 = 3² × 11² × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86042

Prime factors of 86042 are 2, 11, 3911. Prime factorization of 86042 in exponential form is:

86042 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3911¹

Step-3: Factors of 86031

List of positive integer factors of 86031 that divides 86031 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 79, 99, 121, 237, 363, 711, 869, 1089, 2607, 7821, 9559, 28677

Step-4: Factors of 86042

List of positive integer factors of 86042 that divides 86031 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3911, 7822, 43021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86031 and 86042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86031 and 86042 is 11.

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