688 and 550,400 are not relatively prime -- if there is at least one number that evenly divides the two numbers (without a remainder) -- or, in other words -- if their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf (hcf, gcd), is not 1.
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf (hcf, gcd), of the numbers
Method 1. The divisibility of numbers:
Divide the larger number by the smaller one.
When dividing the two numbers, there is no remainder:
550,400 ÷ 688 = 800 + 0
=> 550,400 = 688 × 800
=> 550,400 is divisible by 688.
=> 688 is a factor (a divisor) of 550,400;
Consequently, gcf (hcf, gcd) (688; 550,400) = 688
Coprime numbers (prime to each other, relatively prime) (688; 550,400)? No.
gcf (hcf, gcd) (688; 550,400) = 688
Method 2. The prime factorization:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
688 = 24 × 43
688 is not a prime number, is a composite one.
550,400 = 29 × 52 × 43
550,400 is not a prime number, is a composite one.
The numbers that are only divisible by 1 and themselves are called prime numbers. A prime number has only two factors: 1 and itself.
A composite number is a natural number that has at least one other factor than 1 and itself.
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf (hcf, gcd):
Multiply all the common prime factors of the two numbers, taken by their smallest exponents (powers).
gcf (hcf, gcd) (688; 550,400) = 24 × 43 = 688
Coprime numbers (prime to each other, relatively prime) (688; 550,400)? No.
550,400 has all the prime factors of the number 688.
gcf (hcf, gcd) (688; 550,400) = 688