What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49568 and 49578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49568 and 49578 is 2.

GCF(49568,49578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49568 and 49578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49568 and 49578.

How to find the GCF of 49568 and 49578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49568 and 49578. After we will calculate the factors of 49568 and 49578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49568

Prime factors of 49568 are 2, 1549. Prime factorization of 49568 in exponential form is:

49568 = 2⁵ × 1549¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49578

Prime factors of 49578 are 2, 3, 8263. Prime factorization of 49578 in exponential form is:

49578 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8263¹

Step-3: Factors of 49568

List of positive integer factors of 49568 that divides 49568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1549, 3098, 6196, 12392, 24784

Step-4: Factors of 49578

List of positive integer factors of 49578 that divides 49568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8263, 16526, 24789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49568 and 49578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49568 and 49578 is 2.

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