What is the Greatest Common Factor of 50980 and 50998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 50980 and 50998 is 2.

GCF(50980,50998) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 50980 and 50998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 50980 and 50998.

How to find the GCF of 50980 and 50998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 50980 and 50998. After we will calculate the factors of 50980 and 50998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 50980

Prime factors of 50980 are 2, 5, 2549. Prime factorization of 50980 in exponential form is:

50980 = 2² × 5¹ × 2549¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 50998

Prime factors of 50998 are 2, 43, 593. Prime factorization of 50998 in exponential form is:

50998 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 50980

List of positive integer factors of 50980 that divides 50980 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2549, 5098, 10196, 12745, 25490

Step-4: Factors of 50998

List of positive integer factors of 50998 that divides 50980 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 593, 1186, 25499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 50980 and 50998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 50980 and 50998 is 2.

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