What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50428 and 50438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50428 and 50438 is 2.

GCF(50428,50438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50428 and 50438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50428 and 50438.

How to find the GCF of 50428 and 50438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50428 and 50438. After we will calculate the factors of 50428 and 50438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50428

Prime factors of 50428 are 2, 7, 1801. Prime factorization of 50428 in exponential form is:

50428 = 2² × 7¹ × 1801¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50438

Prime factors of 50438 are 2, 25219. Prime factorization of 50438 in exponential form is:

50438 = 2¹ × 25219¹

Step-3: Factors of 50428

List of positive integer factors of 50428 that divides 50428 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1801, 3602, 7204, 12607, 25214

Step-4: Factors of 50438

List of positive integer factors of 50438 that divides 50428 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50428 and 50438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50428 and 50438 is 2.

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