What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51950 and 51964?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51950 and 51964 is 2.

GCF(51950,51964) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51950 and 51964, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51950 and 51964.

How to find the GCF of 51950 and 51964?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51950 and 51964. After we will calculate the factors of 51950 and 51964 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51950

Prime factors of 51950 are 2, 5, 1039. Prime factorization of 51950 in exponential form is:

51950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1039¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51964

Prime factors of 51964 are 2, 11, 1181. Prime factorization of 51964 in exponential form is:

51964 = 2² × 11¹ × 1181¹

Step-3: Factors of 51950

List of positive integer factors of 51950 that divides 51950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1039, 2078, 5195, 10390, 25975

Step-4: Factors of 51964

List of positive integer factors of 51964 that divides 51950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1181, 2362, 4724, 12991, 25982

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51950 and 51964. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51950 and 51964 is 2.

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