What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50170 and 50178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50170 and 50178 is 2.

GCF(50170,50178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50170 and 50178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50170 and 50178.

How to find the GCF of 50170 and 50178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50170 and 50178. After we will calculate the factors of 50170 and 50178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50170

Prime factors of 50170 are 2, 5, 29, 173. Prime factorization of 50170 in exponential form is:

50170 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50178

Prime factors of 50178 are 2, 3, 8363. Prime factorization of 50178 in exponential form is:

50178 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8363¹

Step-3: Factors of 50170

List of positive integer factors of 50170 that divides 50170 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 29, 58, 145, 173, 290, 346, 865, 1730, 5017, 10034, 25085

Step-4: Factors of 50178

List of positive integer factors of 50178 that divides 50170 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8363, 16726, 25089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50170 and 50178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50170 and 50178 is 2.

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