What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49884 and 49902?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49884 and 49902 is 6.

GCF(49884,49902) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49884 and 49902, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49884 and 49902.

How to find the GCF of 49884 and 49902?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49884 and 49902. After we will calculate the factors of 49884 and 49902 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49884

Prime factors of 49884 are 2, 3, 4157. Prime factorization of 49884 in exponential form is:

49884 = 2² × 3¹ × 4157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49902

Prime factors of 49902 are 2, 3, 8317. Prime factorization of 49902 in exponential form is:

49902 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8317¹

Step-3: Factors of 49884

List of positive integer factors of 49884 that divides 49884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4157, 8314, 12471, 16628, 24942

Step-4: Factors of 49902

List of positive integer factors of 49902 that divides 49884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8317, 16634, 24951

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49884 and 49902. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49884 and 49902 is 6.

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