What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50004 and 50012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50004 and 50012 is 4.

GCF(50004,50012) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50004 and 50012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50004 and 50012.

How to find the GCF of 50004 and 50012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50004 and 50012. After we will calculate the factors of 50004 and 50012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50004

Prime factors of 50004 are 2, 3, 463. Prime factorization of 50004 in exponential form is:

50004 = 2² × 3³ × 463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50012

Prime factors of 50012 are 2, 12503. Prime factorization of 50012 in exponential form is:

50012 = 2² × 12503¹

Step-3: Factors of 50004

List of positive integer factors of 50004 that divides 50004 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 463, 926, 1389, 1852, 2778, 4167, 5556, 8334, 12501, 16668, 25002

Step-4: Factors of 50012

List of positive integer factors of 50012 that divides 50004 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12503, 25006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50004 and 50012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50004 and 50012 is 4.

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