What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50396 and 50408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50396 and 50408 is 4.

GCF(50396,50408) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50396 and 50408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50396 and 50408.

How to find the GCF of 50396 and 50408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50396 and 50408. After we will calculate the factors of 50396 and 50408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50396

Prime factors of 50396 are 2, 43, 293. Prime factorization of 50396 in exponential form is:

50396 = 2² × 43¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50408

Prime factors of 50408 are 2, 6301. Prime factorization of 50408 in exponential form is:

50408 = 2³ × 6301¹

Step-3: Factors of 50396

List of positive integer factors of 50396 that divides 50396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 172, 293, 586, 1172, 12599, 25198

Step-4: Factors of 50408

List of positive integer factors of 50408 that divides 50396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6301, 12602, 25204

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50396 and 50408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50396 and 50408 is 4.

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