What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49908 and 49920?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49908 and 49920 is 12.

GCF(49908,49920) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49908 and 49920, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49908 and 49920.

How to find the GCF of 49908 and 49920?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49908 and 49920. After we will calculate the factors of 49908 and 49920 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49908

Prime factors of 49908 are 2, 3, 4159. Prime factorization of 49908 in exponential form is:

49908 = 2² × 3¹ × 4159¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49920

Prime factors of 49920 are 2, 3, 5, 13. Prime factorization of 49920 in exponential form is:

49920 = 2⁸ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 49908

List of positive integer factors of 49908 that divides 49908 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4159, 8318, 12477, 16636, 24954

Step-4: Factors of 49920

List of positive integer factors of 49920 that divides 49908 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 24, 26, 30, 32, 39, 40, 48, 52, 60, 64, 65, 78, 80, 96, 104, 120, 128, 130, 156, 160, 192, 195, 208, 240, 256, 260, 312, 320, 384, 390, 416, 480, 520, 624, 640, 768, 780, 832, 960, 1040, 1248, 1280, 1560, 1664, 1920, 2080, 2496, 3120, 3328, 3840, 4160, 4992, 6240, 8320, 9984, 12480, 16640, 24960

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49908 and 49920. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49908 and 49920 is 12.

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