What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49496 and 49502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49496 and 49502 is 2.

GCF(49496,49502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49496 and 49502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49496 and 49502.

How to find the GCF of 49496 and 49502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49496 and 49502. After we will calculate the factors of 49496 and 49502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 49502

Prime factors of 49502 are 2, 53, 467. Prime factorization of 49502 in exponential form is:

49502 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 49496

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 49502

List of positive integer factors of 49502 that divides 49496 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 467, 934, 24751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49496 and 49502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49496 and 49502 is 2.

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