What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5002 and 5006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5002 and 5006 is 2.

GCF(5002,5006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5002 and 5006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5002 and 5006.

How to find the GCF of 5002 and 5006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5002 and 5006. After we will calculate the factors of 5002 and 5006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5002

Prime factors of 5002 are 2, 41, 61. Prime factorization of 5002 in exponential form is:

5002 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5006

Prime factors of 5006 are 2, 2503. Prime factorization of 5006 in exponential form is:

5006 = 2¹ × 2503¹

Step-3: Factors of 5002

List of positive integer factors of 5002 that divides 5002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 61, 82, 122, 2501

Step-4: Factors of 5006

List of positive integer factors of 5006 that divides 5002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5002 and 5006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5002 and 5006 is 2.

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