What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50742 and 50760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50742 and 50760 is 18.

GCF(50742,50760) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50742 and 50760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50742 and 50760.

How to find the GCF of 50742 and 50760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50742 and 50760. After we will calculate the factors of 50742 and 50760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50742

Prime factors of 50742 are 2, 3, 2819. Prime factorization of 50742 in exponential form is:

50742 = 2¹ × 3² × 2819¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50760

Prime factors of 50760 are 2, 3, 5, 47. Prime factorization of 50760 in exponential form is:

50760 = 2³ × 3³ × 5¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 50742

List of positive integer factors of 50742 that divides 50742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2819, 5638, 8457, 16914, 25371

Step-4: Factors of 50760

List of positive integer factors of 50760 that divides 50742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 27, 30, 36, 40, 45, 47, 54, 60, 72, 90, 94, 108, 120, 135, 141, 180, 188, 216, 235, 270, 282, 360, 376, 423, 470, 540, 564, 705, 846, 940, 1080, 1128, 1269, 1410, 1692, 1880, 2115, 2538, 2820, 3384, 4230, 5076, 5640, 6345, 8460, 10152, 12690, 16920, 25380

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50742 and 50760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50742 and 50760 is 18.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 50742 and 50760