What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49173 and 49179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49173 and 49179 is 3.

GCF(49173,49179) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49173 and 49179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49173 and 49179.

How to find the GCF of 49173 and 49179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49173 and 49179. After we will calculate the factors of 49173 and 49179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49173

Prime factors of 49173 are 3, 37, 443. Prime factorization of 49173 in exponential form is:

49173 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49179

Prime factors of 49179 are 3, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 49179 in exponential form is:

49179 = 3¹ × 13² × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 49173

List of positive integer factors of 49173 that divides 49173 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 443, 1329, 16391

Step-4: Factors of 49179

List of positive integer factors of 49179 that divides 49173 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 97, 169, 291, 507, 1261, 3783, 16393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49173 and 49179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49173 and 49179 is 3.

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