What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48940 and 48949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48940 and 48949 is 1.

GCF(48940,48949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48940 and 48949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48940 and 48949.

How to find the GCF of 48940 and 48949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48940 and 48949. After we will calculate the factors of 48940 and 48949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48940

Prime factors of 48940 are 2, 5, 2447. Prime factorization of 48940 in exponential form is:

48940 = 2² × 5¹ × 2447¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48949

Prime factors of 48949 are 31, 1579. Prime factorization of 48949 in exponential form is:

48949 = 31¹ × 1579¹

Step-3: Factors of 48940

List of positive integer factors of 48940 that divides 48940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2447, 4894, 9788, 12235, 24470

Step-4: Factors of 48949

List of positive integer factors of 48949 that divides 48940 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1579

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48940 and 48949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48940 and 48949 is 1.

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