What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54850 and 54856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54850 and 54856 is 2.

GCF(54850,54856) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54850 and 54856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54850 and 54856.

How to find the GCF of 54850 and 54856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54850 and 54856. After we will calculate the factors of 54850 and 54856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54850

Prime factors of 54850 are 2, 5, 1097. Prime factorization of 54850 in exponential form is:

54850 = 2¹ × 5² × 1097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54856

Prime factors of 54856 are 2, 6857. Prime factorization of 54856 in exponential form is:

54856 = 2³ × 6857¹

Step-3: Factors of 54850

List of positive integer factors of 54850 that divides 54850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1097, 2194, 5485, 10970, 27425

Step-4: Factors of 54856

List of positive integer factors of 54856 that divides 54850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6857, 13714, 27428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54850 and 54856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54850 and 54856 is 2.

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