What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50860 and 50879?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50860 and 50879 is 1.

GCF(50860,50879) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50860 and 50879, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50860 and 50879.

How to find the GCF of 50860 and 50879?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50860 and 50879. After we will calculate the factors of 50860 and 50879 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 50879

Prime factors of 50879 are 83, 613. Prime factorization of 50879 in exponential form is:

50879 = 83¹ × 613¹

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 50879

List of positive integer factors of 50879 that divides 50860 without a remainder.

1, 83, 613

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50860 and 50879. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50860 and 50879 is 1.

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