What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50871 and 50883?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50871 and 50883 is 3.

GCF(50871,50883) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50871 and 50883, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50871 and 50883.

How to find the GCF of 50871 and 50883?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50871 and 50883. After we will calculate the factors of 50871 and 50883 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50871

Prime factors of 50871 are 3, 31, 547. Prime factorization of 50871 in exponential form is:

50871 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 547¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50883

Prime factors of 50883 are 3, 7, 2423. Prime factorization of 50883 in exponential form is:

50883 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2423¹

Step-3: Factors of 50871

List of positive integer factors of 50871 that divides 50871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 547, 1641, 16957

Step-4: Factors of 50883

List of positive integer factors of 50883 that divides 50871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2423, 7269, 16961

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50871 and 50883. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50871 and 50883 is 3.

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