What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49998 and 50011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49998 and 50011 is 13.

GCF(49998,50011) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49998 and 50011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49998 and 50011.

How to find the GCF of 49998 and 50011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49998 and 50011. After we will calculate the factors of 49998 and 50011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49998

Prime factors of 49998 are 2, 3, 13, 641. Prime factorization of 49998 in exponential form is:

49998 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 641¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50011

Prime factors of 50011 are 13, 3847. Prime factorization of 50011 in exponential form is:

50011 = 13¹ × 3847¹

Step-3: Factors of 49998

List of positive integer factors of 49998 that divides 49998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 641, 1282, 1923, 3846, 8333, 16666, 24999

Step-4: Factors of 50011

List of positive integer factors of 50011 that divides 49998 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3847

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49998 and 50011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49998 and 50011 is 13.

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