What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19486 and 19496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19486 and 19496 is 2.

GCF(19486,19496) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19486 and 19496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19486 and 19496.

How to find the GCF of 19486 and 19496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19486 and 19496. After we will calculate the factors of 19486 and 19496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19486

Prime factors of 19486 are 2, 9743. Prime factorization of 19486 in exponential form is:

19486 = 2¹ × 9743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19496

Prime factors of 19496 are 2, 2437. Prime factorization of 19496 in exponential form is:

19496 = 2³ × 2437¹

Step-3: Factors of 19486

List of positive integer factors of 19486 that divides 19486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 9743

Step-4: Factors of 19496

List of positive integer factors of 19496 that divides 19486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 2437, 4874, 9748

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19486 and 19496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19486 and 19496 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 19486 and 19496