What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50857 and 50868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50857 and 50868 is 1.

GCF(50857,50868) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50857 and 50868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50857 and 50868.

How to find the GCF of 50857 and 50868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50857 and 50868. After we will calculate the factors of 50857 and 50868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50857

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

50857 = 50857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50868

Prime factors of 50868 are 2, 3, 157. Prime factorization of 50868 in exponential form is:

50868 = 2² × 3⁴ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 50857

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

Step-4: Factors of 50868

List of positive integer factors of 50868 that divides 50857 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 81, 108, 157, 162, 314, 324, 471, 628, 942, 1413, 1884, 2826, 4239, 5652, 8478, 12717, 16956, 25434

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50857 and 50868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50857 and 50868 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 50857 and 50868