What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48494 and 48498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48494 and 48498 is 2.

GCF(48494,48498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48494 and 48498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48494 and 48498.

How to find the GCF of 48494 and 48498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48494 and 48498. After we will calculate the factors of 48494 and 48498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48494

Prime factors of 48494 are 2, 24247. Prime factorization of 48494 in exponential form is:

48494 = 2¹ × 24247¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48498

Prime factors of 48498 are 2, 3, 59, 137. Prime factorization of 48498 in exponential form is:

48498 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 59¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 48494

List of positive integer factors of 48494 that divides 48494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24247

Step-4: Factors of 48498

List of positive integer factors of 48498 that divides 48494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 59, 118, 137, 177, 274, 354, 411, 822, 8083, 16166, 24249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48494 and 48498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48494 and 48498 is 2.

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