What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49221 and 49230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49221 and 49230 is 9.

GCF(49221,49230) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49221 and 49230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49221 and 49230.

How to find the GCF of 49221 and 49230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49221 and 49230. After we will calculate the factors of 49221 and 49230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49221

Prime factors of 49221 are 3, 1823. Prime factorization of 49221 in exponential form is:

49221 = 3³ × 1823¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49230

Prime factors of 49230 are 2, 3, 5, 547. Prime factorization of 49230 in exponential form is:

49230 = 2¹ × 3² × 5¹ × 547¹

Step-3: Factors of 49221

List of positive integer factors of 49221 that divides 49221 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1823, 5469, 16407

Step-4: Factors of 49230

List of positive integer factors of 49230 that divides 49221 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 547, 1094, 1641, 2735, 3282, 4923, 5470, 8205, 9846, 16410, 24615

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49221 and 49230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49221 and 49230 is 9.

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