What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86036 and 86042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86036 and 86042 is 2.

GCF(86036,86042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86036 and 86042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86036 and 86042.

How to find the GCF of 86036 and 86042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86036 and 86042. After we will calculate the factors of 86036 and 86042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86036

Prime factors of 86036 are 2, 137, 157. Prime factorization of 86036 in exponential form is:

86036 = 2² × 137¹ × 157¹

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 86036

List of positive integer factors of 86036 that divides 86036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 137, 157, 274, 314, 548, 628, 21509, 43018

Step-4: Factors of 86042

List of positive integer factors of 86042 that divides 86036 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86036 and 86042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86036 and 86042 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86036 and 86042