What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50842 and 50856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50842 and 50856 is 2.

GCF(50842,50856) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50842 and 50856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50842 and 50856.

How to find the GCF of 50842 and 50856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50842 and 50856. After we will calculate the factors of 50842 and 50856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 50856

Prime factors of 50856 are 2, 3, 13, 163. Prime factorization of 50856 in exponential form is:

50856 = 2³ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 50842

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 50856

List of positive integer factors of 50856 that divides 50842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 26, 39, 52, 78, 104, 156, 163, 312, 326, 489, 652, 978, 1304, 1956, 2119, 3912, 4238, 6357, 8476, 12714, 16952, 25428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50842 and 50856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50842 and 50856 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 50842 and 50856