What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50046 and 50056?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50046 and 50056 is 2.

GCF(50046,50056) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50046 and 50056, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50046 and 50056.

How to find the GCF of 50046 and 50056?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50046 and 50056. After we will calculate the factors of 50046 and 50056 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50046

Prime factors of 50046 are 2, 3, 19, 439. Prime factorization of 50046 in exponential form is:

50046 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50056

Prime factors of 50056 are 2, 6257. Prime factorization of 50056 in exponential form is:

50056 = 2³ × 6257¹

Step-3: Factors of 50046

List of positive integer factors of 50046 that divides 50046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 439, 878, 1317, 2634, 8341, 16682, 25023

Step-4: Factors of 50056

List of positive integer factors of 50056 that divides 50046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6257, 12514, 25028

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50046 and 50056. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50046 and 50056 is 2.

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