What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49059 and 49071?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49059 and 49071 is 3.

GCF(49059,49071) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49059 and 49071, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49059 and 49071.

How to find the GCF of 49059 and 49071?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49059 and 49071. After we will calculate the factors of 49059 and 49071 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49059

Prime factors of 49059 are 3, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 49059 in exponential form is:

49059 = 3³ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49071

Prime factors of 49071 are 3, 11, 1487. Prime factorization of 49071 in exponential form is:

49071 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1487¹

Step-3: Factors of 49059

List of positive integer factors of 49059 that divides 49059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 27, 69, 79, 207, 237, 621, 711, 1817, 2133, 5451, 16353

Step-4: Factors of 49071

List of positive integer factors of 49071 that divides 49059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1487, 4461, 16357

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49059 and 49071. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49059 and 49071 is 3.

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