What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50461 and 50478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50461 and 50478 is 1.

GCF(50461,50478) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50461 and 50478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50461 and 50478.

How to find the GCF of 50461 and 50478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50461 and 50478. After we will calculate the factors of 50461 and 50478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50461

Prime factors of 50461 are 50461. Prime factorization of 50461 in exponential form is:

50461 = 50461¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50478

Prime factors of 50478 are 2, 3, 47, 179. Prime factorization of 50478 in exponential form is:

50478 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 50461

List of positive integer factors of 50461 that divides 50461 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 50478

List of positive integer factors of 50478 that divides 50461 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 141, 179, 282, 358, 537, 1074, 8413, 16826, 25239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50461 and 50478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50461 and 50478 is 1.

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