What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50558 and 50566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50558 and 50566 is 2.

GCF(50558,50566) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50558 and 50566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50558 and 50566.

How to find the GCF of 50558 and 50566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50558 and 50566. After we will calculate the factors of 50558 and 50566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50558

Prime factors of 50558 are 2, 17, 1487. Prime factorization of 50558 in exponential form is:

50558 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1487¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50566

Prime factors of 50566 are 2, 131, 193. Prime factorization of 50566 in exponential form is:

50566 = 2¹ × 131¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 50558

List of positive integer factors of 50558 that divides 50558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1487, 2974, 25279

Step-4: Factors of 50566

List of positive integer factors of 50566 that divides 50558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 131, 193, 262, 386, 25283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50558 and 50566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50558 and 50566 is 2.

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