What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50172 and 50182?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50172 and 50182 is 2.

GCF(50172,50182) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50172 and 50182, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50172 and 50182.

How to find the GCF of 50172 and 50182?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50172 and 50182. After we will calculate the factors of 50172 and 50182 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50172

Prime factors of 50172 are 2, 3, 37, 113. Prime factorization of 50172 in exponential form is:

50172 = 2² × 3¹ × 37¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50182

Prime factors of 50182 are 2, 11, 2281. Prime factorization of 50182 in exponential form is:

50182 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2281¹

Step-3: Factors of 50172

List of positive integer factors of 50172 that divides 50172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 37, 74, 111, 113, 148, 222, 226, 339, 444, 452, 678, 1356, 4181, 8362, 12543, 16724, 25086

Step-4: Factors of 50182

List of positive integer factors of 50182 that divides 50172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2281, 4562, 25091

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50172 and 50182. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50172 and 50182 is 2.

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