What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49532 and 49538?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49532 and 49538 is 2.

GCF(49532,49538) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49532 and 49538, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49532 and 49538.

How to find the GCF of 49532 and 49538?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49532 and 49538. After we will calculate the factors of 49532 and 49538 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49532

Prime factors of 49532 are 2, 7, 29, 61. Prime factorization of 49532 in exponential form is:

49532 = 2² × 7¹ × 29¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49538

Prime factors of 49538 are 2, 17, 31, 47. Prime factorization of 49538 in exponential form is:

49538 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 31¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 49532

List of positive integer factors of 49532 that divides 49532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 29, 58, 61, 116, 122, 203, 244, 406, 427, 812, 854, 1708, 1769, 3538, 7076, 12383, 24766

Step-4: Factors of 49538

List of positive integer factors of 49538 that divides 49532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 31, 34, 47, 62, 94, 527, 799, 1054, 1457, 1598, 2914, 24769

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49532 and 49538. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49532 and 49538 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49532 and 49538