What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49456 and 49462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49456 and 49462 is 2.

GCF(49456,49462) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49456 and 49462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49456 and 49462.

How to find the GCF of 49456 and 49462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49456 and 49462. After we will calculate the factors of 49456 and 49462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49456

Prime factors of 49456 are 2, 11, 281. Prime factorization of 49456 in exponential form is:

49456 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49462

Prime factors of 49462 are 2, 7, 3533. Prime factorization of 49462 in exponential form is:

49462 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3533¹

Step-3: Factors of 49456

List of positive integer factors of 49456 that divides 49456 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 176, 281, 562, 1124, 2248, 3091, 4496, 6182, 12364, 24728

Step-4: Factors of 49462

List of positive integer factors of 49462 that divides 49456 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3533, 7066, 24731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49456 and 49462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49456 and 49462 is 2.

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