What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49712 and 49724?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49712 and 49724 is 4.

GCF(49712,49724) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49712 and 49724, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49712 and 49724.

How to find the GCF of 49712 and 49724?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49712 and 49724. After we will calculate the factors of 49712 and 49724 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49712

Prime factors of 49712 are 2, 13, 239. Prime factorization of 49712 in exponential form is:

49712 = 2⁴ × 13¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49724

Prime factors of 49724 are 2, 31, 401. Prime factorization of 49724 in exponential form is:

49724 = 2² × 31¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 49712

List of positive integer factors of 49712 that divides 49712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 52, 104, 208, 239, 478, 956, 1912, 3107, 3824, 6214, 12428, 24856

Step-4: Factors of 49724

List of positive integer factors of 49724 that divides 49712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 401, 802, 1604, 12431, 24862

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49712 and 49724. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49712 and 49724 is 4.

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