What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49925 and 49942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49925 and 49942 is 1.

GCF(49925,49942) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49925 and 49942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49925 and 49942.

How to find the GCF of 49925 and 49942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49925 and 49942. After we will calculate the factors of 49925 and 49942 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 49942

Prime factors of 49942 are 2, 24971. Prime factorization of 49942 in exponential form is:

49942 = 2¹ × 24971¹

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 49942

List of positive integer factors of 49942 that divides 49925 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24971

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49925 and 49942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49925 and 49942 is 1.

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