What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50348 and 50356?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50348 and 50356 is 4.

GCF(50348,50356) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50348 and 50356, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50348 and 50356.

How to find the GCF of 50348 and 50356?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50348 and 50356. After we will calculate the factors of 50348 and 50356 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50348

Prime factors of 50348 are 2, 41, 307. Prime factorization of 50348 in exponential form is:

50348 = 2² × 41¹ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50356

Prime factors of 50356 are 2, 12589. Prime factorization of 50356 in exponential form is:

50356 = 2² × 12589¹

Step-3: Factors of 50348

List of positive integer factors of 50348 that divides 50348 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 41, 82, 164, 307, 614, 1228, 12587, 25174

Step-4: Factors of 50356

List of positive integer factors of 50356 that divides 50348 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12589, 25178

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50348 and 50356. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50348 and 50356 is 4.

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