What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49197 and 49203?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49197 and 49203 is 3.

GCF(49197,49203) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49197 and 49203, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49197 and 49203.

How to find the GCF of 49197 and 49203?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49197 and 49203. After we will calculate the factors of 49197 and 49203 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49197

Prime factors of 49197 are 3, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 49197 in exponential form is:

49197 = 3¹ × 23² × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49203

Prime factors of 49203 are 3, 7, 11, 71. Prime factorization of 49203 in exponential form is:

49203 = 3² × 7¹ × 11¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 49197

List of positive integer factors of 49197 that divides 49197 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 31, 69, 93, 529, 713, 1587, 2139, 16399

Step-4: Factors of 49203

List of positive integer factors of 49203 that divides 49197 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 21, 33, 63, 71, 77, 99, 213, 231, 497, 639, 693, 781, 1491, 2343, 4473, 5467, 7029, 16401

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49197 and 49203. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49197 and 49203 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49197 and 49203