What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49664 and 49672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49664 and 49672 is 8.

GCF(49664,49672) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49664 and 49672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49664 and 49672.

How to find the GCF of 49664 and 49672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49664 and 49672. After we will calculate the factors of 49664 and 49672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49664

Prime factors of 49664 are 2, 97. Prime factorization of 49664 in exponential form is:

49664 = 2⁹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49672

Prime factors of 49672 are 2, 7, 887. Prime factorization of 49672 in exponential form is:

49672 = 2³ × 7¹ × 887¹

Step-3: Factors of 49664

List of positive integer factors of 49664 that divides 49664 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 97, 128, 194, 256, 388, 512, 776, 1552, 3104, 6208, 12416, 24832

Step-4: Factors of 49672

List of positive integer factors of 49672 that divides 49664 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 887, 1774, 3548, 6209, 7096, 12418, 24836

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49664 and 49672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49664 and 49672 is 8.

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