What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55850 and 55859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55850 and 55859 is 1.

GCF(55850,55859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55850 and 55859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55850 and 55859.

How to find the GCF of 55850 and 55859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55850 and 55859. After we will calculate the factors of 55850 and 55859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55850

Prime factors of 55850 are 2, 5, 1117. Prime factorization of 55850 in exponential form is:

55850 = 2¹ × 5² × 1117¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55859

Prime factors of 55859 are 83, 673. Prime factorization of 55859 in exponential form is:

55859 = 83¹ × 673¹

Step-3: Factors of 55850

List of positive integer factors of 55850 that divides 55850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1117, 2234, 5585, 11170, 27925

Step-4: Factors of 55859

List of positive integer factors of 55859 that divides 55850 without a remainder.

1, 83, 673

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55850 and 55859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55850 and 55859 is 1.

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