What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49624 and 49642?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49624 and 49642 is 2.

GCF(49624,49642) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49624 and 49642, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49624 and 49642.

How to find the GCF of 49624 and 49642?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49624 and 49642. After we will calculate the factors of 49624 and 49642 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49624

Prime factors of 49624 are 2, 6203. Prime factorization of 49624 in exponential form is:

49624 = 2³ × 6203¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49642

Prime factors of 49642 are 2, 24821. Prime factorization of 49642 in exponential form is:

49642 = 2¹ × 24821¹

Step-3: Factors of 49624

List of positive integer factors of 49624 that divides 49624 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6203, 12406, 24812

Step-4: Factors of 49642

List of positive integer factors of 49642 that divides 49624 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24821

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49624 and 49642. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49624 and 49642 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49624 and 49642