What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48970 and 48979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48970 and 48979 is 1.

GCF(48970,48979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48970 and 48979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48970 and 48979.

How to find the GCF of 48970 and 48979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48970 and 48979. After we will calculate the factors of 48970 and 48979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48970

Prime factors of 48970 are 2, 5, 59, 83. Prime factorization of 48970 in exponential form is:

48970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 59¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48979

Prime factors of 48979 are 7, 6997. Prime factorization of 48979 in exponential form is:

48979 = 7¹ × 6997¹

Step-3: Factors of 48970

List of positive integer factors of 48970 that divides 48970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 59, 83, 118, 166, 295, 415, 590, 830, 4897, 9794, 24485

Step-4: Factors of 48979

List of positive integer factors of 48979 that divides 48970 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6997

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48970 and 48979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48970 and 48979 is 1.

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