What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49596 and 49608?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49596 and 49608 is 12.

GCF(49596,49608) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49596 and 49608, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49596 and 49608.

How to find the GCF of 49596 and 49608?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49596 and 49608. After we will calculate the factors of 49596 and 49608 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49596

Prime factors of 49596 are 2, 3, 4133. Prime factorization of 49596 in exponential form is:

49596 = 2² × 3¹ × 4133¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49608

Prime factors of 49608 are 2, 3, 13, 53. Prime factorization of 49608 in exponential form is:

49608 = 2³ × 3² × 13¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 49596

List of positive integer factors of 49596 that divides 49596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4133, 8266, 12399, 16532, 24798

Step-4: Factors of 49608

List of positive integer factors of 49608 that divides 49596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 24, 26, 36, 39, 52, 53, 72, 78, 104, 106, 117, 156, 159, 212, 234, 312, 318, 424, 468, 477, 636, 689, 936, 954, 1272, 1378, 1908, 2067, 2756, 3816, 4134, 5512, 6201, 8268, 12402, 16536, 24804

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49596 and 49608. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49596 and 49608 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49596 and 49608