What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5006 and 5024?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5006 and 5024 is 2.

GCF(5006,5024) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5006 and 5024, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5006 and 5024.

How to find the GCF of 5006 and 5024?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5006 and 5024. After we will calculate the factors of 5006 and 5024 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5006

Prime factors of 5006 are 2, 2503. Prime factorization of 5006 in exponential form is:

5006 = 2¹ × 2503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5024

Prime factors of 5024 are 2, 157. Prime factorization of 5024 in exponential form is:

5024 = 2⁵ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 5006

List of positive integer factors of 5006 that divides 5006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2503

Step-4: Factors of 5024

List of positive integer factors of 5024 that divides 5006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 157, 314, 628, 1256, 2512

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5006 and 5024. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5006 and 5024 is 2.

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