What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49925 and 49930?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49925 and 49930 is 5.

GCF(49925,49930) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49925 and 49930, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49925 and 49930.

How to find the GCF of 49925 and 49930?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49925 and 49930. After we will calculate the factors of 49925 and 49930 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49925

Prime factors of 49925 are 5, 1997. Prime factorization of 49925 in exponential form is:

49925 = 5² × 1997¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49930

Prime factors of 49930 are 2, 5, 4993. Prime factorization of 49930 in exponential form is:

49930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4993¹

Step-3: Factors of 49925

List of positive integer factors of 49925 that divides 49925 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 1997, 9985

Step-4: Factors of 49930

List of positive integer factors of 49930 that divides 49925 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4993, 9986, 24965

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49925 and 49930. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49925 and 49930 is 5.

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