What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50860 and 50870?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50860 and 50870 is 10.

GCF(50860,50870) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50860 and 50870, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50860 and 50870.

How to find the GCF of 50860 and 50870?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50860 and 50870. After we will calculate the factors of 50860 and 50870 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50860

Prime factors of 50860 are 2, 5, 2543. Prime factorization of 50860 in exponential form is:

50860 = 2² × 5¹ × 2543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50870

Prime factors of 50870 are 2, 5, 5087. Prime factorization of 50870 in exponential form is:

50870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5087¹

Step-3: Factors of 50860

List of positive integer factors of 50860 that divides 50860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2543, 5086, 10172, 12715, 25430

Step-4: Factors of 50870

List of positive integer factors of 50870 that divides 50860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5087, 10174, 25435

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50860 and 50870. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50860 and 50870 is 10.

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