What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50876 and 50896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50876 and 50896 is 4.

GCF(50876,50896) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50876 and 50896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50876 and 50896.

How to find the GCF of 50876 and 50896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50876 and 50896. After we will calculate the factors of 50876 and 50896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50876

Prime factors of 50876 are 2, 7, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 50876 in exponential form is:

50876 = 2² × 7¹ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50896

Prime factors of 50896 are 2, 3181. Prime factorization of 50896 in exponential form is:

50896 = 2⁴ × 3181¹

Step-3: Factors of 50876

List of positive integer factors of 50876 that divides 50876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 23, 28, 46, 79, 92, 158, 161, 316, 322, 553, 644, 1106, 1817, 2212, 3634, 7268, 12719, 25438

Step-4: Factors of 50896

List of positive integer factors of 50896 that divides 50876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3181, 6362, 12724, 25448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50876 and 50896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50876 and 50896 is 4.

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