What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50845 and 50855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50845 and 50855 is 5.

GCF(50845,50855) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50845 and 50855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50845 and 50855.

How to find the GCF of 50845 and 50855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50845 and 50855. After we will calculate the factors of 50845 and 50855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50845

Prime factors of 50845 are 5, 10169. Prime factorization of 50845 in exponential form is:

50845 = 5¹ × 10169¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50855

Prime factors of 50855 are 5, 7, 1453. Prime factorization of 50855 in exponential form is:

50855 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1453¹

Step-3: Factors of 50845

List of positive integer factors of 50845 that divides 50845 without a remainder.

1, 5, 10169

Step-4: Factors of 50855

List of positive integer factors of 50855 that divides 50845 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1453, 7265, 10171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50845 and 50855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50845 and 50855 is 5.

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