What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50698 and 50704?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50698 and 50704 is 2.

GCF(50698,50704) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50698 and 50704, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50698 and 50704.

How to find the GCF of 50698 and 50704?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50698 and 50704. After we will calculate the factors of 50698 and 50704 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50698

Prime factors of 50698 are 2, 25349. Prime factorization of 50698 in exponential form is:

50698 = 2¹ × 25349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50704

Prime factors of 50704 are 2, 3169. Prime factorization of 50704 in exponential form is:

50704 = 2⁴ × 3169¹

Step-3: Factors of 50698

List of positive integer factors of 50698 that divides 50698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 25349

Step-4: Factors of 50704

List of positive integer factors of 50704 that divides 50698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3169, 6338, 12676, 25352

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50698 and 50704. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50698 and 50704 is 2.

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