What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50860 and 50874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50860 and 50874 is 2.

GCF(50860,50874) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50860 and 50874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50860 and 50874.

How to find the GCF of 50860 and 50874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50860 and 50874. After we will calculate the factors of 50860 and 50874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50860

Prime factors of 50860 are 2, 5, 2543. Prime factorization of 50860 in exponential form is:

50860 = 2² × 5¹ × 2543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50874

Prime factors of 50874 are 2, 3, 61, 139. Prime factorization of 50874 in exponential form is:

50874 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 61¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 50860

List of positive integer factors of 50860 that divides 50860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2543, 5086, 10172, 12715, 25430

Step-4: Factors of 50874

List of positive integer factors of 50874 that divides 50860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 61, 122, 139, 183, 278, 366, 417, 834, 8479, 16958, 25437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50860 and 50874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50860 and 50874 is 2.

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