What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49696 and 49702?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49696 and 49702 is 2.

GCF(49696,49702) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49696 and 49702, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49696 and 49702.

How to find the GCF of 49696 and 49702?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49696 and 49702. After we will calculate the factors of 49696 and 49702 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49696

Prime factors of 49696 are 2, 1553. Prime factorization of 49696 in exponential form is:

49696 = 2⁵ × 1553¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49702

Prime factors of 49702 are 2, 24851. Prime factorization of 49702 in exponential form is:

49702 = 2¹ × 24851¹

Step-3: Factors of 49696

List of positive integer factors of 49696 that divides 49696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1553, 3106, 6212, 12424, 24848

Step-4: Factors of 49702

List of positive integer factors of 49702 that divides 49696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49696 and 49702. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49696 and 49702 is 2.

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