What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49940 and 49945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49940 and 49945 is 5.

GCF(49940,49945) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49940 and 49945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49940 and 49945.

How to find the GCF of 49940 and 49945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49940 and 49945. After we will calculate the factors of 49940 and 49945 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49940

Prime factors of 49940 are 2, 5, 11, 227. Prime factorization of 49940 in exponential form is:

49940 = 2² × 5¹ × 11¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49945

Prime factors of 49945 are 5, 7, 1427. Prime factorization of 49945 in exponential form is:

49945 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1427¹

Step-3: Factors of 49940

List of positive integer factors of 49940 that divides 49940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, 110, 220, 227, 454, 908, 1135, 2270, 2497, 4540, 4994, 9988, 12485, 24970

Step-4: Factors of 49945

List of positive integer factors of 49945 that divides 49940 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1427, 7135, 9989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49940 and 49945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49940 and 49945 is 5.

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