What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50208 and 50223?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50208 and 50223 is 3.

GCF(50208,50223) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50208 and 50223, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50208 and 50223.

How to find the GCF of 50208 and 50223?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50208 and 50223. After we will calculate the factors of 50208 and 50223 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50208

Prime factors of 50208 are 2, 3, 523. Prime factorization of 50208 in exponential form is:

50208 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50223

Prime factors of 50223 are 3, 16741. Prime factorization of 50223 in exponential form is:

50223 = 3¹ × 16741¹

Step-3: Factors of 50208

List of positive integer factors of 50208 that divides 50208 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 523, 1046, 1569, 2092, 3138, 4184, 6276, 8368, 12552, 16736, 25104

Step-4: Factors of 50223

List of positive integer factors of 50223 that divides 50208 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16741

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50208 and 50223. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50208 and 50223 is 3.

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