What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48986 and 49001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48986 and 49001 is 1.

GCF(48986,49001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48986 and 49001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48986 and 49001.

How to find the GCF of 48986 and 49001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48986 and 49001. After we will calculate the factors of 48986 and 49001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48986

Prime factors of 48986 are 2, 7, 3499. Prime factorization of 48986 in exponential form is:

48986 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49001

Prime factors of 49001 are 19, 2579. Prime factorization of 49001 in exponential form is:

49001 = 19¹ × 2579¹

Step-3: Factors of 48986

List of positive integer factors of 48986 that divides 48986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3499, 6998, 24493

Step-4: Factors of 49001

List of positive integer factors of 49001 that divides 48986 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2579

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48986 and 49001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48986 and 49001 is 1.

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