What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49378 and 49396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49378 and 49396 is 2.

GCF(49378,49396) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49378 and 49396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49378 and 49396.

How to find the GCF of 49378 and 49396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49378 and 49396. After we will calculate the factors of 49378 and 49396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49378

Prime factors of 49378 are 2, 7, 3527. Prime factorization of 49378 in exponential form is:

49378 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3527¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49396

Prime factors of 49396 are 2, 53, 233. Prime factorization of 49396 in exponential form is:

49396 = 2² × 53¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 49378

List of positive integer factors of 49378 that divides 49378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3527, 7054, 24689

Step-4: Factors of 49396

List of positive integer factors of 49396 that divides 49378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 53, 106, 212, 233, 466, 932, 12349, 24698

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49378 and 49396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49378 and 49396 is 2.

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