What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49398 and 49406?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49398 and 49406 is 2.

GCF(49398,49406) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49398 and 49406, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49398 and 49406.

How to find the GCF of 49398 and 49406?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49398 and 49406. After we will calculate the factors of 49398 and 49406 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 49406

Prime factors of 49406 are 2, 7, 3529. Prime factorization of 49406 in exponential form is:

49406 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3529¹

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 49406

List of positive integer factors of 49406 that divides 49398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3529, 7058, 24703

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49398 and 49406. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49398 and 49406 is 2.

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