What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49978 and 49998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49978 and 49998 is 2.

GCF(49978,49998) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49978 and 49998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49978 and 49998.

How to find the GCF of 49978 and 49998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49978 and 49998. After we will calculate the factors of 49978 and 49998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49978

Prime factors of 49978 are 2, 24989. Prime factorization of 49978 in exponential form is:

49978 = 2¹ × 24989¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49998

Prime factors of 49998 are 2, 3, 13, 641. Prime factorization of 49998 in exponential form is:

49998 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 641¹

Step-3: Factors of 49978

List of positive integer factors of 49978 that divides 49978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24989

Step-4: Factors of 49998

List of positive integer factors of 49998 that divides 49978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 641, 1282, 1923, 3846, 8333, 16666, 24999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49978 and 49998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49978 and 49998 is 2.

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