What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49844 and 49848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49844 and 49848 is 4.

GCF(49844,49848) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49844 and 49848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49844 and 49848.

How to find the GCF of 49844 and 49848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49844 and 49848. After we will calculate the factors of 49844 and 49848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49844

Prime factors of 49844 are 2, 17, 733. Prime factorization of 49844 in exponential form is:

49844 = 2² × 17¹ × 733¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49848

Prime factors of 49848 are 2, 3, 31, 67. Prime factorization of 49848 in exponential form is:

49848 = 2³ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 49844

List of positive integer factors of 49844 that divides 49844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 733, 1466, 2932, 12461, 24922

Step-4: Factors of 49848

List of positive integer factors of 49848 that divides 49844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 31, 62, 67, 93, 124, 134, 186, 201, 248, 268, 372, 402, 536, 744, 804, 1608, 2077, 4154, 6231, 8308, 12462, 16616, 24924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49844 and 49848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49844 and 49848 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49844 and 49848