What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50678 and 50696?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50678 and 50696 is 2.

GCF(50678,50696) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50678 and 50696, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50678 and 50696.

How to find the GCF of 50678 and 50696?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50678 and 50696. After we will calculate the factors of 50678 and 50696 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50678

Prime factors of 50678 are 2, 25339. Prime factorization of 50678 in exponential form is:

50678 = 2¹ × 25339¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50696

Prime factors of 50696 are 2, 6337. Prime factorization of 50696 in exponential form is:

50696 = 2³ × 6337¹

Step-3: Factors of 50678

List of positive integer factors of 50678 that divides 50678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25339

Step-4: Factors of 50696

List of positive integer factors of 50696 that divides 50678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6337, 12674, 25348

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50678 and 50696. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50678 and 50696 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 50678 and 50696