What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49238 and 49242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49238 and 49242 is 2.

GCF(49238,49242) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49238 and 49242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49238 and 49242.

How to find the GCF of 49238 and 49242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49238 and 49242. After we will calculate the factors of 49238 and 49242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49238

Prime factors of 49238 are 2, 7, 3517. Prime factorization of 49238 in exponential form is:

49238 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3517¹

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 49238

List of positive integer factors of 49238 that divides 49238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3517, 7034, 24619

Step-4: Factors of 49242

List of positive integer factors of 49242 that divides 49238 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 49238 and 49242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49238 and 49242 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49238 and 49242