What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86934 and 86950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86934 and 86950 is 2.

GCF(86934,86950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86934 and 86950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86934 and 86950.

How to find the GCF of 86934 and 86950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86934 and 86950. After we will calculate the factors of 86934 and 86950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86934

Prime factors of 86934 are 2, 3, 14489. Prime factorization of 86934 in exponential form is:

86934 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14489¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86950

Prime factors of 86950 are 2, 5, 37, 47. Prime factorization of 86950 in exponential form is:

86950 = 2¹ × 5² × 37¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 86934

List of positive integer factors of 86934 that divides 86934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14489, 28978, 43467

Step-4: Factors of 86950

List of positive integer factors of 86950 that divides 86934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 37, 47, 50, 74, 94, 185, 235, 370, 470, 925, 1175, 1739, 1850, 2350, 3478, 8695, 17390, 43475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86934 and 86950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86934 and 86950 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86934 and 86950