What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49402 and 49408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49402 and 49408 is 2.

GCF(49402,49408) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49402 and 49408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49402 and 49408.

How to find the GCF of 49402 and 49408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49402 and 49408. After we will calculate the factors of 49402 and 49408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49402

Prime factors of 49402 are 2, 17, 1453. Prime factorization of 49402 in exponential form is:

49402 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1453¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49408

Prime factors of 49408 are 2, 193. Prime factorization of 49408 in exponential form is:

49408 = 2⁸ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 49402

List of positive integer factors of 49402 that divides 49402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1453, 2906, 24701

Step-4: Factors of 49408

List of positive integer factors of 49408 that divides 49402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 193, 256, 386, 772, 1544, 3088, 6176, 12352, 24704

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49402 and 49408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49402 and 49408 is 2.

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