What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50996 and 51001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50996 and 51001 is 1.

GCF(50996,51001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50996 and 51001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50996 and 51001.

How to find the GCF of 50996 and 51001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50996 and 51001. After we will calculate the factors of 50996 and 51001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50996

Prime factors of 50996 are 2, 11, 19, 61. Prime factorization of 50996 in exponential form is:

50996 = 2² × 11¹ × 19¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51001

Prime factors of 51001 are 51001. Prime factorization of 51001 in exponential form is:

51001 = 51001¹

Step-3: Factors of 50996

List of positive integer factors of 50996 that divides 50996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 19, 22, 38, 44, 61, 76, 122, 209, 244, 418, 671, 836, 1159, 1342, 2318, 2684, 4636, 12749, 25498

Step-4: Factors of 51001

List of positive integer factors of 51001 that divides 50996 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50996 and 51001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50996 and 51001 is 1.

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