What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49494 and 49498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49494 and 49498 is 2.

GCF(49494,49498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49494 and 49498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49494 and 49498.

How to find the GCF of 49494 and 49498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49494 and 49498. After we will calculate the factors of 49494 and 49498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49494

Prime factors of 49494 are 2, 3, 73, 113. Prime factorization of 49494 in exponential form is:

49494 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 73¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49498

Prime factors of 49498 are 2, 24749. Prime factorization of 49498 in exponential form is:

49498 = 2¹ × 24749¹

Step-3: Factors of 49494

List of positive integer factors of 49494 that divides 49494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 73, 113, 146, 219, 226, 339, 438, 678, 8249, 16498, 24747

Step-4: Factors of 49498

List of positive integer factors of 49498 that divides 49494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49494 and 49498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49494 and 49498 is 2.

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