What are the factors and prime factors of 50?

Answer 1

50 is a composite number; it has factors other than 1 and itself. It is not a prime number.

The 6 factors of 50 are 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50.

The factor pairs of 50 are 1 x 50, 2 x 25, and 5 x 10.

The proper factors of 50 are 1, 2, 5, 10, and 25 or,

if the definition you are using excludes 1, they are 2, 5, 10, and 25.

The prime factors of 50 are 2, 5, and 5.

Note: There is repetition of these factors, so if the prime factors are being listed instead of the prime factorization, usually only the distinct prime factors are listed.

The 2 distinct prime factors (listing each prime factor only once) of 50 are 2 and 5.

The prime factorization of 50 is 2 x 5 x 5 or, in index form (in other words, using exponents), 2 x 52.

NOTES: There cannot be common factors, a greatest common factor, or a least common multiple because "common" refers to factors or multiples that two or more numbers have in common.