What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49662 and 49666?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49662 and 49666 is 2.

GCF(49662,49666) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49662 and 49666, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49662 and 49666.

How to find the GCF of 49662 and 49666?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49662 and 49666. After we will calculate the factors of 49662 and 49666 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49662

Prime factors of 49662 are 2, 3, 31, 89. Prime factorization of 49662 in exponential form is:

49662 = 2¹ × 3² × 31¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49666

Prime factors of 49666 are 2, 19, 1307. Prime factorization of 49666 in exponential form is:

49666 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1307¹

Step-3: Factors of 49662

List of positive integer factors of 49662 that divides 49662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 31, 62, 89, 93, 178, 186, 267, 279, 534, 558, 801, 1602, 2759, 5518, 8277, 16554, 24831

Step-4: Factors of 49666

List of positive integer factors of 49666 that divides 49662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1307, 2614, 24833

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49662 and 49666. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49662 and 49666 is 2.

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