What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50830 and 50842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50830 and 50842 is 2.

GCF(50830,50842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50830 and 50842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50830 and 50842.

How to find the GCF of 50830 and 50842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50830 and 50842. After we will calculate the factors of 50830 and 50842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50830

Prime factors of 50830 are 2, 5, 13, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 50830 in exponential form is:

50830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 17¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50842

Prime factors of 50842 are 2, 11, 2311. Prime factorization of 50842 in exponential form is:

50842 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2311¹

Step-3: Factors of 50830

List of positive integer factors of 50830 that divides 50830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 17, 23, 26, 34, 46, 65, 85, 115, 130, 170, 221, 230, 299, 391, 442, 598, 782, 1105, 1495, 1955, 2210, 2990, 3910, 5083, 10166, 25415

Step-4: Factors of 50842

List of positive integer factors of 50842 that divides 50830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2311, 4622, 25421

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50830 and 50842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50830 and 50842 is 2.

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