What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56850 and 56859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56850 and 56859 is 3.

GCF(56850,56859) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56850 and 56859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56850 and 56859.

How to find the GCF of 56850 and 56859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56850 and 56859. After we will calculate the factors of 56850 and 56859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56850

Prime factors of 56850 are 2, 3, 5, 379. Prime factorization of 56850 in exponential form is:

56850 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56859

Prime factors of 56859 are 3, 11, 1723. Prime factorization of 56859 in exponential form is:

56859 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1723¹

Step-3: Factors of 56850

List of positive integer factors of 56850 that divides 56850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150, 379, 758, 1137, 1895, 2274, 3790, 5685, 9475, 11370, 18950, 28425

Step-4: Factors of 56859

List of positive integer factors of 56859 that divides 56850 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1723, 5169, 18953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56850 and 56859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56850 and 56859 is 3.

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