What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50224 and 50230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50224 and 50230 is 2.

GCF(50224,50230) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50224 and 50230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50224 and 50230.

How to find the GCF of 50224 and 50230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50224 and 50230. After we will calculate the factors of 50224 and 50230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50224

Prime factors of 50224 are 2, 43, 73. Prime factorization of 50224 in exponential form is:

50224 = 2⁴ × 43¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50230

Prime factors of 50230 are 2, 5, 5023. Prime factorization of 50230 in exponential form is:

50230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5023¹

Step-3: Factors of 50224

List of positive integer factors of 50224 that divides 50224 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 43, 73, 86, 146, 172, 292, 344, 584, 688, 1168, 3139, 6278, 12556, 25112

Step-4: Factors of 50230

List of positive integer factors of 50230 that divides 50224 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5023, 10046, 25115

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50224 and 50230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50224 and 50230 is 2.

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