What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49059 and 49072?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49059 and 49072 is 1.

GCF(49059,49072) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49059 and 49072, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49059 and 49072.

How to find the GCF of 49059 and 49072?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49059 and 49072. After we will calculate the factors of 49059 and 49072 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 49072

Prime factors of 49072 are 2, 3067. Prime factorization of 49072 in exponential form is:

49072 = 2⁴ × 3067¹

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 49072

List of positive integer factors of 49072 that divides 49059 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3067, 6134, 12268, 24536

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49059 and 49072. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49059 and 49072 is 1.

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