What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50270 and 50278?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50270 and 50278 is 2.

GCF(50270,50278) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50270 and 50278, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50270 and 50278.

How to find the GCF of 50270 and 50278?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50270 and 50278. After we will calculate the factors of 50270 and 50278 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50270

Prime factors of 50270 are 2, 5, 11, 457. Prime factorization of 50270 in exponential form is:

50270 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50278

Prime factors of 50278 are 2, 23, 1093. Prime factorization of 50278 in exponential form is:

50278 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1093¹

Step-3: Factors of 50270

List of positive integer factors of 50270 that divides 50270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 110, 457, 914, 2285, 4570, 5027, 10054, 25135

Step-4: Factors of 50278

List of positive integer factors of 50278 that divides 50270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1093, 2186, 25139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50270 and 50278. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50270 and 50278 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 50270 and 50278