What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49398 and 49404?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49398 and 49404 is 6.

GCF(49398,49404) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49398 and 49404, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49398 and 49404.

How to find the GCF of 49398 and 49404?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49398 and 49404. After we will calculate the factors of 49398 and 49404 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49398

Prime factors of 49398 are 2, 3, 8233. Prime factorization of 49398 in exponential form is:

49398 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49404

Prime factors of 49404 are 2, 3, 23, 179. Prime factorization of 49404 in exponential form is:

49404 = 2² × 3¹ × 23¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 49398

List of positive integer factors of 49398 that divides 49398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8233, 16466, 24699

Step-4: Factors of 49404

List of positive integer factors of 49404 that divides 49398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 23, 46, 69, 92, 138, 179, 276, 358, 537, 716, 1074, 2148, 4117, 8234, 12351, 16468, 24702

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49398 and 49404. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49398 and 49404 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49398 and 49404