What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50048 and 50068?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50048 and 50068 is 4.

GCF(50048,50068) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50048 and 50068, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50048 and 50068.

How to find the GCF of 50048 and 50068?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50048 and 50068. After we will calculate the factors of 50048 and 50068 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50048

Prime factors of 50048 are 2, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 50048 in exponential form is:

50048 = 2⁷ × 17¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50068

Prime factors of 50068 are 2, 12517. Prime factorization of 50068 in exponential form is:

50068 = 2² × 12517¹

Step-3: Factors of 50048

List of positive integer factors of 50048 that divides 50048 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 23, 32, 34, 46, 64, 68, 92, 128, 136, 184, 272, 368, 391, 544, 736, 782, 1088, 1472, 1564, 2176, 2944, 3128, 6256, 12512, 25024

Step-4: Factors of 50068

List of positive integer factors of 50068 that divides 50048 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12517, 25034

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50048 and 50068. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50048 and 50068 is 4.

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