What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49496 and 49508?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49496 and 49508 is 4.

GCF(49496,49508) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49496 and 49508, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49496 and 49508.

How to find the GCF of 49496 and 49508?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49496 and 49508. After we will calculate the factors of 49496 and 49508 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 49508

Prime factors of 49508 are 2, 12377. Prime factorization of 49508 in exponential form is:

49508 = 2² × 12377¹

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 49508

List of positive integer factors of 49508 that divides 49496 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12377, 24754

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49496 and 49508. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49496 and 49508 is 4.

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