What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49235 and 49240?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49235 and 49240 is 5.

GCF(49235,49240) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49235 and 49240, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49235 and 49240.

How to find the GCF of 49235 and 49240?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49235 and 49240. After we will calculate the factors of 49235 and 49240 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49235

Prime factors of 49235 are 5, 43, 229. Prime factorization of 49235 in exponential form is:

49235 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49240

Prime factors of 49240 are 2, 5, 1231. Prime factorization of 49240 in exponential form is:

49240 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1231¹

Step-3: Factors of 49235

List of positive integer factors of 49235 that divides 49235 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 215, 229, 1145, 9847

Step-4: Factors of 49240

List of positive integer factors of 49240 that divides 49235 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1231, 2462, 4924, 6155, 9848, 12310, 24620

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49235 and 49240. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49235 and 49240 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49235 and 49240