What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49860 and 49880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49860 and 49880 is 20.

GCF(49860,49880) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49860 and 49880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49860 and 49880.

How to find the GCF of 49860 and 49880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49860 and 49880. After we will calculate the factors of 49860 and 49880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49860

Prime factors of 49860 are 2, 3, 5, 277. Prime factorization of 49860 in exponential form is:

49860 = 2² × 3² × 5¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49880

Prime factors of 49880 are 2, 5, 29, 43. Prime factorization of 49880 in exponential form is:

49880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 49860

List of positive integer factors of 49860 that divides 49860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 30, 36, 45, 60, 90, 180, 277, 554, 831, 1108, 1385, 1662, 2493, 2770, 3324, 4155, 4986, 5540, 8310, 9972, 12465, 16620, 24930

Step-4: Factors of 49880

List of positive integer factors of 49880 that divides 49860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 29, 40, 43, 58, 86, 116, 145, 172, 215, 232, 290, 344, 430, 580, 860, 1160, 1247, 1720, 2494, 4988, 6235, 9976, 12470, 24940

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49860 and 49880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49860 and 49880 is 20.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49860 and 49880