What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50856 and 50873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50856 and 50873 is 1.

GCF(50856,50873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50856 and 50873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50856 and 50873.

How to find the GCF of 50856 and 50873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50856 and 50873. After we will calculate the factors of 50856 and 50873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50856

Prime factors of 50856 are 2, 3, 13, 163. Prime factorization of 50856 in exponential form is:

50856 = 2³ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50873

Prime factors of 50873 are 50873. Prime factorization of 50873 in exponential form is:

50873 = 50873¹

Step-3: Factors of 50856

List of positive integer factors of 50856 that divides 50856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 26, 39, 52, 78, 104, 156, 163, 312, 326, 489, 652, 978, 1304, 1956, 2119, 3912, 4238, 6357, 8476, 12714, 16952, 25428

Step-4: Factors of 50873

List of positive integer factors of 50873 that divides 50856 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50856 and 50873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50856 and 50873 is 1.

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