What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49951 and 49962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49951 and 49962 is 11.

GCF(49951,49962) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49951 and 49962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49951 and 49962.

How to find the GCF of 49951 and 49962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49951 and 49962. After we will calculate the factors of 49951 and 49962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49951

Prime factors of 49951 are 11, 19, 239. Prime factorization of 49951 in exponential form is:

49951 = 11¹ × 19¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49962

Prime factors of 49962 are 2, 3, 11, 757. Prime factorization of 49962 in exponential form is:

49962 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 757¹

Step-3: Factors of 49951

List of positive integer factors of 49951 that divides 49951 without a remainder.

1, 11, 19, 209, 239, 2629, 4541

Step-4: Factors of 49962

List of positive integer factors of 49962 that divides 49951 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 757, 1514, 2271, 4542, 8327, 16654, 24981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49951 and 49962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49951 and 49962 is 11.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49951 and 49962