What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49239 and 49251?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49239 and 49251 is 3.

GCF(49239,49251) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49239 and 49251, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49239 and 49251.

How to find the GCF of 49239 and 49251?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49239 and 49251. After we will calculate the factors of 49239 and 49251 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49239

Prime factors of 49239 are 3, 5471. Prime factorization of 49239 in exponential form is:

49239 = 3² × 5471¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49251

Prime factors of 49251 are 3, 16417. Prime factorization of 49251 in exponential form is:

49251 = 3¹ × 16417¹

Step-3: Factors of 49239

List of positive integer factors of 49239 that divides 49239 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5471, 16413

Step-4: Factors of 49251

List of positive integer factors of 49251 that divides 49239 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16417

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49239 and 49251. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49239 and 49251 is 3.

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