What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50343 and 50361?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50343 and 50361 is 3.

GCF(50343,50361) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50343 and 50361, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50343 and 50361.

How to find the GCF of 50343 and 50361?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50343 and 50361. After we will calculate the factors of 50343 and 50361 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50343

Prime factors of 50343 are 3, 97, 173. Prime factorization of 50343 in exponential form is:

50343 = 3¹ × 97¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50361

Prime factors of 50361 are 3, 16787. Prime factorization of 50361 in exponential form is:

50361 = 3¹ × 16787¹

Step-3: Factors of 50343

List of positive integer factors of 50343 that divides 50343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 97, 173, 291, 519, 16781

Step-4: Factors of 50361

List of positive integer factors of 50361 that divides 50343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50343 and 50361. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50343 and 50361 is 3.

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