What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49998 and 50013?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49998 and 50013 is 3.

GCF(49998,50013) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49998 and 50013, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49998 and 50013.

How to find the GCF of 49998 and 50013?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49998 and 50013. After we will calculate the factors of 49998 and 50013 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 50013

Prime factors of 50013 are 3, 5557. Prime factorization of 50013 in exponential form is:

50013 = 3² × 5557¹

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 50013

List of positive integer factors of 50013 that divides 49998 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5557, 16671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49998 and 50013. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49998 and 50013 is 3.

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