What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50331 and 50346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50331 and 50346 is 3.

GCF(50331,50346) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50331 and 50346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50331 and 50346.

How to find the GCF of 50331 and 50346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50331 and 50346. After we will calculate the factors of 50331 and 50346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50331

Prime factors of 50331 are 3, 19, 883. Prime factorization of 50331 in exponential form is:

50331 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50346

Prime factors of 50346 are 2, 3, 2797. Prime factorization of 50346 in exponential form is:

50346 = 2¹ × 3² × 2797¹

Step-3: Factors of 50331

List of positive integer factors of 50331 that divides 50331 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 883, 2649, 16777

Step-4: Factors of 50346

List of positive integer factors of 50346 that divides 50331 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2797, 5594, 8391, 16782, 25173

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50331 and 50346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50331 and 50346 is 3.

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