What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49072 and 49078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49072 and 49078 is 2.

GCF(49072,49078) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49072 and 49078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49072 and 49078.

How to find the GCF of 49072 and 49078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49072 and 49078. After we will calculate the factors of 49072 and 49078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49072

Prime factors of 49072 are 2, 3067. Prime factorization of 49072 in exponential form is:

49072 = 2⁴ × 3067¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49078

Prime factors of 49078 are 2, 53, 463. Prime factorization of 49078 in exponential form is:

49078 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 49072

List of positive integer factors of 49072 that divides 49072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3067, 6134, 12268, 24536

Step-4: Factors of 49078

List of positive integer factors of 49078 that divides 49072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 463, 926, 24539

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49072 and 49078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49072 and 49078 is 2.

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