What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50842 and 50857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50842 and 50857 is 1.

GCF(50842,50857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50842 and 50857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50842 and 50857.

How to find the GCF of 50842 and 50857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50842 and 50857. After we will calculate the factors of 50842 and 50857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50842

Prime factors of 50842 are 2, 11, 2311. Prime factorization of 50842 in exponential form is:

50842 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50857

Prime factors of 50857 are 50857. Prime factorization of 50857 in exponential form is:

50857 = 50857¹

Step-3: Factors of 50842

List of positive integer factors of 50842 that divides 50842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2311, 4622, 25421

Step-4: Factors of 50857

List of positive integer factors of 50857 that divides 50842 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50842 and 50857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50842 and 50857 is 1.

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