What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4961 and 4977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4961 and 4977 is 1.

GCF(4961,4977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4961 and 4977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4961 and 4977.

How to find the GCF of 4961 and 4977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4961 and 4977. After we will calculate the factors of 4961 and 4977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4961

Prime factors of 4961 are 11, 41. Prime factorization of 4961 in exponential form is:

4961 = 11² × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4977

Prime factors of 4977 are 3, 7, 79. Prime factorization of 4977 in exponential form is:

4977 = 3² × 7¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 4961

List of positive integer factors of 4961 that divides 4961 without a remainder.

1, 11, 41, 121, 451

Step-4: Factors of 4977

List of positive integer factors of 4977 that divides 4961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 79, 237, 553, 711, 1659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4961 and 4977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4961 and 4977 is 1.

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