What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49638 and 49644?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49638 and 49644 is 6.

GCF(49638,49644) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49638 and 49644, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49638 and 49644.

How to find the GCF of 49638 and 49644?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49638 and 49644. After we will calculate the factors of 49638 and 49644 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49638

Prime factors of 49638 are 2, 3, 8273. Prime factorization of 49638 in exponential form is:

49638 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8273¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49644

Prime factors of 49644 are 2, 3, 7, 197. Prime factorization of 49644 in exponential form is:

49644 = 2² × 3² × 7¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 49638

List of positive integer factors of 49638 that divides 49638 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8273, 16546, 24819

Step-4: Factors of 49644

List of positive integer factors of 49644 that divides 49638 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 28, 36, 42, 63, 84, 126, 197, 252, 394, 591, 788, 1182, 1379, 1773, 2364, 2758, 3546, 4137, 5516, 7092, 8274, 12411, 16548, 24822

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49638 and 49644. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49638 and 49644 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49638 and 49644