What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49994 and 50006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49994 and 50006 is 2.

GCF(49994,50006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49994 and 50006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49994 and 50006.

How to find the GCF of 49994 and 50006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49994 and 50006. After we will calculate the factors of 49994 and 50006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49994

Prime factors of 49994 are 2, 7, 3571. Prime factorization of 49994 in exponential form is:

49994 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50006

Prime factors of 50006 are 2, 11, 2273. Prime factorization of 50006 in exponential form is:

50006 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2273¹

Step-3: Factors of 49994

List of positive integer factors of 49994 that divides 49994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3571, 7142, 24997

Step-4: Factors of 50006

List of positive integer factors of 50006 that divides 49994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2273, 4546, 25003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49994 and 50006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49994 and 50006 is 2.

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