What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49748 and 49768?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49748 and 49768 is 4.

GCF(49748,49768) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49748 and 49768, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49748 and 49768.

How to find the GCF of 49748 and 49768?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49748 and 49768. After we will calculate the factors of 49748 and 49768 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49748

Prime factors of 49748 are 2, 12437. Prime factorization of 49748 in exponential form is:

49748 = 2² × 12437¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49768

Prime factors of 49768 are 2, 6221. Prime factorization of 49768 in exponential form is:

49768 = 2³ × 6221¹

Step-3: Factors of 49748

List of positive integer factors of 49748 that divides 49748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12437, 24874

Step-4: Factors of 49768

List of positive integer factors of 49768 that divides 49748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6221, 12442, 24884

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49748 and 49768. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49748 and 49768 is 4.

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