What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50271 and 50277?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50271 and 50277 is 3.

GCF(50271,50277) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50271 and 50277, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50271 and 50277.

How to find the GCF of 50271 and 50277?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50271 and 50277. After we will calculate the factors of 50271 and 50277 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50271

Prime factors of 50271 are 3, 13, 1289. Prime factorization of 50271 in exponential form is:

50271 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1289¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50277

Prime factors of 50277 are 3, 16759. Prime factorization of 50277 in exponential form is:

50277 = 3¹ × 16759¹

Step-3: Factors of 50271

List of positive integer factors of 50271 that divides 50271 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1289, 3867, 16757

Step-4: Factors of 50277

List of positive integer factors of 50277 that divides 50271 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50271 and 50277. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50271 and 50277 is 3.

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