What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49240 and 49250?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49240 and 49250 is 10.

GCF(49240,49250) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49240 and 49250, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49240 and 49250.

How to find the GCF of 49240 and 49250?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49240 and 49250. After we will calculate the factors of 49240 and 49250 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 49250

Prime factors of 49250 are 2, 5, 197. Prime factorization of 49250 in exponential form is:

49250 = 2¹ × 5³ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 49240

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 49250

List of positive integer factors of 49250 that divides 49240 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 125, 197, 250, 394, 985, 1970, 4925, 9850, 24625

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49240 and 49250. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49240 and 49250 is 10.

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