What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49156 and 49176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49156 and 49176 is 4.

GCF(49156,49176) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49156 and 49176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49156 and 49176.

How to find the GCF of 49156 and 49176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49156 and 49176. After we will calculate the factors of 49156 and 49176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49156

Prime factors of 49156 are 2, 12289. Prime factorization of 49156 in exponential form is:

49156 = 2² × 12289¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49176

Prime factors of 49176 are 2, 3, 683. Prime factorization of 49176 in exponential form is:

49176 = 2³ × 3² × 683¹

Step-3: Factors of 49156

List of positive integer factors of 49156 that divides 49156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12289, 24578

Step-4: Factors of 49176

List of positive integer factors of 49176 that divides 49156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 683, 1366, 2049, 2732, 4098, 5464, 6147, 8196, 12294, 16392, 24588

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49156 and 49176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49156 and 49176 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49156 and 49176