What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4939 and 4959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4939 and 4959 is 1.

GCF(4939,4959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4939 and 4959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4939 and 4959.

How to find the GCF of 4939 and 4959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4939 and 4959. After we will calculate the factors of 4939 and 4959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4939

Prime factors of 4939 are 11, 449. Prime factorization of 4939 in exponential form is:

4939 = 11¹ × 449¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4959

Prime factors of 4959 are 3, 19, 29. Prime factorization of 4959 in exponential form is:

4959 = 3² × 19¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 4939

List of positive integer factors of 4939 that divides 4939 without a remainder.

1, 11, 449

Step-4: Factors of 4959

List of positive integer factors of 4959 that divides 4939 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 29, 57, 87, 171, 261, 551, 1653

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4939 and 4959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4939 and 4959 is 1.

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