What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49724 and 49740?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49724 and 49740 is 4.

GCF(49724,49740) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49724 and 49740, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49724 and 49740.

How to find the GCF of 49724 and 49740?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49724 and 49740. After we will calculate the factors of 49724 and 49740 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 49740

Prime factors of 49740 are 2, 3, 5, 829. Prime factorization of 49740 in exponential form is:

49740 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 829¹

Step-3: Factors of 49724

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 49740

List of positive integer factors of 49740 that divides 49724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 829, 1658, 2487, 3316, 4145, 4974, 8290, 9948, 12435, 16580, 24870

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49724 and 49740. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49724 and 49740 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49724 and 49740