What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50242 and 50246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50242 and 50246 is 2.

GCF(50242,50246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50242 and 50246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50242 and 50246.

How to find the GCF of 50242 and 50246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50242 and 50246. After we will calculate the factors of 50242 and 50246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50242

Prime factors of 50242 are 2, 25121. Prime factorization of 50242 in exponential form is:

50242 = 2¹ × 25121¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50246

Prime factors of 50246 are 2, 7, 37, 97. Prime factorization of 50246 in exponential form is:

50246 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 37¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 50242

List of positive integer factors of 50242 that divides 50242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25121

Step-4: Factors of 50246

List of positive integer factors of 50246 that divides 50242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 37, 74, 97, 194, 259, 518, 679, 1358, 3589, 7178, 25123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50242 and 50246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50242 and 50246 is 2.

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