What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50542 and 50551?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50542 and 50551 is 1.

GCF(50542,50551) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50542 and 50551, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50542 and 50551.

How to find the GCF of 50542 and 50551?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50542 and 50551. After we will calculate the factors of 50542 and 50551 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50542

Prime factors of 50542 are 2, 37, 683. Prime factorization of 50542 in exponential form is:

50542 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 683¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50551

Prime factors of 50551 are 50551. Prime factorization of 50551 in exponential form is:

50551 = 50551¹

Step-3: Factors of 50542

List of positive integer factors of 50542 that divides 50542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 683, 1366, 25271

Step-4: Factors of 50551

List of positive integer factors of 50551 that divides 50542 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50542 and 50551. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50542 and 50551 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 50542 and 50551