What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49942 and 49946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49942 and 49946 is 2.

GCF(49942,49946) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49942 and 49946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49942 and 49946.

How to find the GCF of 49942 and 49946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49942 and 49946. After we will calculate the factors of 49942 and 49946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49942

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

49942 = 2¹ × 24971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49946

Prime factors of 49946 are 2, 13, 17, 113. Prime factorization of 49946 in exponential form is:

49946 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 17¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 49942

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

1, 2, 24971

Step-4: Factors of 49946

List of positive integer factors of 49946 that divides 49942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 17, 26, 34, 113, 221, 226, 442, 1469, 1921, 2938, 3842, 24973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49942 and 49946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49942 and 49946 is 2.

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