What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50391 and 50402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50391 and 50402 is 11.

GCF(50391,50402) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50391 and 50402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50391 and 50402.

How to find the GCF of 50391 and 50402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50391 and 50402. After we will calculate the factors of 50391 and 50402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50391

Prime factors of 50391 are 3, 11, 509. Prime factorization of 50391 in exponential form is:

50391 = 3² × 11¹ × 509¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50402

Prime factors of 50402 are 2, 11, 29, 79. Prime factorization of 50402 in exponential form is:

50402 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 29¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 50391

List of positive integer factors of 50391 that divides 50391 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 509, 1527, 4581, 5599, 16797

Step-4: Factors of 50402

List of positive integer factors of 50402 that divides 50391 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 29, 58, 79, 158, 319, 638, 869, 1738, 2291, 4582, 25201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50391 and 50402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50391 and 50402 is 11.

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