What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49356 and 49376?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49356 and 49376 is 4.

GCF(49356,49376) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49356 and 49376, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49356 and 49376.

How to find the GCF of 49356 and 49376?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49356 and 49376. After we will calculate the factors of 49356 and 49376 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 49376

Prime factors of 49376 are 2, 1543. Prime factorization of 49376 in exponential form is:

49376 = 2⁵ × 1543¹

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 49376

List of positive integer factors of 49376 that divides 49356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1543, 3086, 6172, 12344, 24688

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49356 and 49376. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49356 and 49376 is 4.

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