What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50978 and 50990?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50978 and 50990 is 2.

GCF(50978,50990) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50978 and 50990, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50978 and 50990.

How to find the GCF of 50978 and 50990?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50978 and 50990. After we will calculate the factors of 50978 and 50990 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50978

Prime factors of 50978 are 2, 71, 359. Prime factorization of 50978 in exponential form is:

50978 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50990

Prime factors of 50990 are 2, 5, 5099. Prime factorization of 50990 in exponential form is:

50990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5099¹

Step-3: Factors of 50978

List of positive integer factors of 50978 that divides 50978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 359, 718, 25489

Step-4: Factors of 50990

List of positive integer factors of 50990 that divides 50978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5099, 10198, 25495

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50978 and 50990. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50978 and 50990 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 50978 and 50990