What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49426 and 49444?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49426 and 49444 is 2.

GCF(49426,49444) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49426 and 49444, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49426 and 49444.

How to find the GCF of 49426 and 49444?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49426 and 49444. After we will calculate the factors of 49426 and 49444 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49426

Prime factors of 49426 are 2, 13, 1901. Prime factorization of 49426 in exponential form is:

49426 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1901¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49444

Prime factors of 49444 are 2, 47, 263. Prime factorization of 49444 in exponential form is:

49444 = 2² × 47¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 49426

List of positive integer factors of 49426 that divides 49426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1901, 3802, 24713

Step-4: Factors of 49444

List of positive integer factors of 49444 that divides 49426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 47, 94, 188, 263, 526, 1052, 12361, 24722

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49426 and 49444. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49426 and 49444 is 2.

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