What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49 and 62?
Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49 and 62 is 1.
GCF(49,62) = 1
We will now calculate the prime factors of 49 and 62, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49 and 62.
How to find the GCF of 49 and 62?
We will first find the prime factorization of 49 and 62. After we will calculate the factors of 49 and 62 and find the biggest common factor number .
Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49
Prime factors of 49 are 7. Prime factorization of 49 in exponential form is:
49 = 72
Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62
Prime factors of 62 are 2, 31. Prime factorization of 62 in exponential form is:
62 = 21 × 311
Step-3: Factors of 49
List of positive integer factors of 49 that divides 49 without a remainder.
1, 7
Step-4: Factors of 62
List of positive integer factors of 62 that divides 49 without a remainder.
1, 2, 31
Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number
We found the factors and prime factorization of 49 and 62. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49 and 62 is 1.
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