What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49892 and 49898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49892 and 49898 is 2.

GCF(49892,49898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49892 and 49898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49892 and 49898.

How to find the GCF of 49892 and 49898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49892 and 49898. After we will calculate the factors of 49892 and 49898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49892

Prime factors of 49892 are 2, 12473. Prime factorization of 49892 in exponential form is:

49892 = 2² × 12473¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49898

Prime factors of 49898 are 2, 61, 409. Prime factorization of 49898 in exponential form is:

49898 = 2¹ × 61¹ × 409¹

Step-3: Factors of 49892

List of positive integer factors of 49892 that divides 49892 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12473, 24946

Step-4: Factors of 49898

List of positive integer factors of 49898 that divides 49892 without a remainder.

1, 2, 61, 122, 409, 818, 24949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49892 and 49898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49892 and 49898 is 2.

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