What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49217 and 49231?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49217 and 49231 is 7.

GCF(49217,49231) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49217 and 49231, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49217 and 49231.

How to find the GCF of 49217 and 49231?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49217 and 49231. After we will calculate the factors of 49217 and 49231 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49217

Prime factors of 49217 are 7, 79, 89. Prime factorization of 49217 in exponential form is:

49217 = 7¹ × 79¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49231

Prime factors of 49231 are 7, 13, 541. Prime factorization of 49231 in exponential form is:

49231 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 49217

List of positive integer factors of 49217 that divides 49217 without a remainder.

1, 7, 79, 89, 553, 623, 7031

Step-4: Factors of 49231

List of positive integer factors of 49231 that divides 49217 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 541, 3787, 7033

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49217 and 49231. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49217 and 49231 is 7.

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