What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49356 and 49368?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49356 and 49368 is 12.

GCF(49356,49368) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49356 and 49368, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49356 and 49368.

How to find the GCF of 49356 and 49368?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49356 and 49368. After we will calculate the factors of 49356 and 49368 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49356

Prime factors of 49356 are 2, 3, 457. Prime factorization of 49356 in exponential form is:

49356 = 2² × 3³ × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49368

Prime factors of 49368 are 2, 3, 11, 17. Prime factorization of 49368 in exponential form is:

49368 = 2³ × 3¹ × 11² × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 49356

List of positive integer factors of 49356 that divides 49356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 457, 914, 1371, 1828, 2742, 4113, 5484, 8226, 12339, 16452, 24678

Step-4: Factors of 49368

List of positive integer factors of 49368 that divides 49356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 17, 22, 24, 33, 34, 44, 51, 66, 68, 88, 102, 121, 132, 136, 187, 204, 242, 264, 363, 374, 408, 484, 561, 726, 748, 968, 1122, 1452, 1496, 2057, 2244, 2904, 4114, 4488, 6171, 8228, 12342, 16456, 24684

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49356 and 49368. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49356 and 49368 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49356 and 49368