What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50230 and 50240?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50230 and 50240 is 10.

GCF(50230,50240) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50230 and 50240, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50230 and 50240.

How to find the GCF of 50230 and 50240?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50230 and 50240. After we will calculate the factors of 50230 and 50240 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 50240

Prime factors of 50240 are 2, 5, 157. Prime factorization of 50240 in exponential form is:

50240 = 2⁶ × 5¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 50230

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 50240

List of positive integer factors of 50240 that divides 50230 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 157, 160, 314, 320, 628, 785, 1256, 1570, 2512, 3140, 5024, 6280, 10048, 12560, 25120

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50230 and 50240. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50230 and 50240 is 10.

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