What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49542 and 49557?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49542 and 49557 is 3.

GCF(49542,49557) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49542 and 49557, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49542 and 49557.

How to find the GCF of 49542 and 49557?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49542 and 49557. After we will calculate the factors of 49542 and 49557 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49542

Prime factors of 49542 are 2, 3, 23, 359. Prime factorization of 49542 in exponential form is:

49542 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49557

Prime factors of 49557 are 3, 16519. Prime factorization of 49557 in exponential form is:

49557 = 3¹ × 16519¹

Step-3: Factors of 49542

List of positive integer factors of 49542 that divides 49542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 359, 718, 1077, 2154, 8257, 16514, 24771

Step-4: Factors of 49557

List of positive integer factors of 49557 that divides 49542 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16519

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49542 and 49557. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49542 and 49557 is 3.

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