What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49575 and 49581?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49575 and 49581 is 3.

GCF(49575,49581) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49575 and 49581, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49575 and 49581.

How to find the GCF of 49575 and 49581?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49575 and 49581. After we will calculate the factors of 49575 and 49581 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49575

Prime factors of 49575 are 3, 5, 661. Prime factorization of 49575 in exponential form is:

49575 = 3¹ × 5² × 661¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49581

Prime factors of 49581 are 3, 7, 787. Prime factorization of 49581 in exponential form is:

49581 = 3² × 7¹ × 787¹

Step-3: Factors of 49575

List of positive integer factors of 49575 that divides 49575 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 661, 1983, 3305, 9915, 16525

Step-4: Factors of 49581

List of positive integer factors of 49581 that divides 49575 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 787, 2361, 5509, 7083, 16527

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49575 and 49581. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49575 and 49581 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49575 and 49581