What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49882 and 49886?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49882 and 49886 is 2.

GCF(49882,49886) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49882 and 49886, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49882 and 49886.

How to find the GCF of 49882 and 49886?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49882 and 49886. After we will calculate the factors of 49882 and 49886 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49882

Prime factors of 49882 are 2, 7, 509. Prime factorization of 49882 in exponential form is:

49882 = 2¹ × 7² × 509¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49886

Prime factors of 49886 are 2, 24943. Prime factorization of 49886 in exponential form is:

49886 = 2¹ × 24943¹

Step-3: Factors of 49882

List of positive integer factors of 49882 that divides 49882 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 509, 1018, 3563, 7126, 24941

Step-4: Factors of 49886

List of positive integer factors of 49886 that divides 49882 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24943

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49882 and 49886. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49882 and 49886 is 2.

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