What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54950 and 54957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54950 and 54957 is 7.

GCF(54950,54957) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54950 and 54957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54950 and 54957.

How to find the GCF of 54950 and 54957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54950 and 54957. After we will calculate the factors of 54950 and 54957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54950

Prime factors of 54950 are 2, 5, 7, 157. Prime factorization of 54950 in exponential form is:

54950 = 2¹ × 5² × 7¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54957

Prime factors of 54957 are 3, 7, 2617. Prime factorization of 54957 in exponential form is:

54957 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2617¹

Step-3: Factors of 54950

List of positive integer factors of 54950 that divides 54950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 25, 35, 50, 70, 157, 175, 314, 350, 785, 1099, 1570, 2198, 3925, 5495, 7850, 10990, 27475

Step-4: Factors of 54957

List of positive integer factors of 54957 that divides 54950 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2617, 7851, 18319

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54950 and 54957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54950 and 54957 is 7.

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