What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49492 and 49496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49492 and 49496 is 4.

GCF(49492,49496) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49492 and 49496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49492 and 49496.

How to find the GCF of 49492 and 49496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49492 and 49496. After we will calculate the factors of 49492 and 49496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49492

Prime factors of 49492 are 2, 12373. Prime factorization of 49492 in exponential form is:

49492 = 2² × 12373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49496

Prime factors of 49496 are 2, 23, 269. Prime factorization of 49496 in exponential form is:

49496 = 2³ × 23¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 49492

List of positive integer factors of 49492 that divides 49492 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12373, 24746

Step-4: Factors of 49496

List of positive integer factors of 49496 that divides 49492 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 184, 269, 538, 1076, 2152, 6187, 12374, 24748

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49492 and 49496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49492 and 49496 is 4.

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