What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49788 and 49798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49788 and 49798 is 2.

GCF(49788,49798) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49788 and 49798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49788 and 49798.

How to find the GCF of 49788 and 49798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49788 and 49798. After we will calculate the factors of 49788 and 49798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49788

Prime factors of 49788 are 2, 3, 461. Prime factorization of 49788 in exponential form is:

49788 = 2² × 3³ × 461¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49798

Prime factors of 49798 are 2, 7, 3557. Prime factorization of 49798 in exponential form is:

49798 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3557¹

Step-3: Factors of 49788

List of positive integer factors of 49788 that divides 49788 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 461, 922, 1383, 1844, 2766, 4149, 5532, 8298, 12447, 16596, 24894

Step-4: Factors of 49798

List of positive integer factors of 49798 that divides 49788 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3557, 7114, 24899

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49788 and 49798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49788 and 49798 is 2.

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