What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50848 and 50858?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50848 and 50858 is 2.

GCF(50848,50858) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50848 and 50858, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50848 and 50858.

How to find the GCF of 50848 and 50858?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50848 and 50858. After we will calculate the factors of 50848 and 50858 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50848

Prime factors of 50848 are 2, 7, 227. Prime factorization of 50848 in exponential form is:

50848 = 2⁵ × 7¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50858

Prime factors of 50858 are 2, 59, 431. Prime factorization of 50858 in exponential form is:

50858 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 50848

List of positive integer factors of 50848 that divides 50848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 112, 224, 227, 454, 908, 1589, 1816, 3178, 3632, 6356, 7264, 12712, 25424

Step-4: Factors of 50858

List of positive integer factors of 50858 that divides 50848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 431, 862, 25429

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50848 and 50858. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50848 and 50858 is 2.

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