What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50360 and 50378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50360 and 50378 is 2.

GCF(50360,50378) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50360 and 50378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50360 and 50378.

How to find the GCF of 50360 and 50378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50360 and 50378. After we will calculate the factors of 50360 and 50378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50360

Prime factors of 50360 are 2, 5, 1259. Prime factorization of 50360 in exponential form is:

50360 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1259¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50378

Prime factors of 50378 are 2, 25189. Prime factorization of 50378 in exponential form is:

50378 = 2¹ × 25189¹

Step-3: Factors of 50360

List of positive integer factors of 50360 that divides 50360 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1259, 2518, 5036, 6295, 10072, 12590, 25180

Step-4: Factors of 50378

List of positive integer factors of 50378 that divides 50360 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25189

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50360 and 50378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50360 and 50378 is 2.

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