What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49221 and 49231?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49221 and 49231 is 1.

GCF(49221,49231) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49221 and 49231, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49221 and 49231.

How to find the GCF of 49221 and 49231?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49221 and 49231. After we will calculate the factors of 49221 and 49231 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 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 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 49231

List of positive integer factors of 49231 that divides 49221 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49221 and 49231. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49221 and 49231 is 1.

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