What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4479 and 4494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4479 and 4494 is 3.

GCF(4479,4494) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4479 and 4494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4479 and 4494.

How to find the GCF of 4479 and 4494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4479 and 4494. After we will calculate the factors of 4479 and 4494 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4479

Prime factors of 4479 are 3, 1493. Prime factorization of 4479 in exponential form is:

4479 = 3¹ × 1493¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4494

Prime factors of 4494 are 2, 3, 7, 107. Prime factorization of 4494 in exponential form is:

4494 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 4479

List of positive integer factors of 4479 that divides 4479 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1493

Step-4: Factors of 4494

List of positive integer factors of 4494 that divides 4479 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 107, 214, 321, 642, 749, 1498, 2247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4479 and 4494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4479 and 4494 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 4479 and 4494