What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49226 and 49242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49226 and 49242 is 2.

GCF(49226,49242) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49226 and 49242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49226 and 49242.

How to find the GCF of 49226 and 49242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49226 and 49242. After we will calculate the factors of 49226 and 49242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49226

Prime factors of 49226 are 2, 151, 163. Prime factorization of 49226 in exponential form is:

49226 = 2¹ × 151¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49242

Prime factors of 49242 are 2, 3, 29, 283. Prime factorization of 49242 in exponential form is:

49242 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 49226

List of positive integer factors of 49226 that divides 49226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 151, 163, 302, 326, 24613

Step-4: Factors of 49242

List of positive integer factors of 49242 that divides 49226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 283, 566, 849, 1698, 8207, 16414, 24621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49226 and 49242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49226 and 49242 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49226 and 49242