What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50880 and 50889?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50880 and 50889 is 3.

GCF(50880,50889) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50880 and 50889, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50880 and 50889.

How to find the GCF of 50880 and 50889?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50880 and 50889. After we will calculate the factors of 50880 and 50889 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50880

Prime factors of 50880 are 2, 3, 5, 53. Prime factorization of 50880 in exponential form is:

50880 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50889

Prime factors of 50889 are 3, 16963. Prime factorization of 50889 in exponential form is:

50889 = 3¹ × 16963¹

Step-3: Factors of 50880

List of positive integer factors of 50880 that divides 50880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 53, 60, 64, 80, 96, 106, 120, 159, 160, 192, 212, 240, 265, 318, 320, 424, 480, 530, 636, 795, 848, 960, 1060, 1272, 1590, 1696, 2120, 2544, 3180, 3392, 4240, 5088, 6360, 8480, 10176, 12720, 16960, 25440

Step-4: Factors of 50889

List of positive integer factors of 50889 that divides 50880 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50880 and 50889. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50880 and 50889 is 3.

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