What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49761 and 49779?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49761 and 49779 is 9.

GCF(49761,49779) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49761 and 49779, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49761 and 49779.

How to find the GCF of 49761 and 49779?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49761 and 49779. After we will calculate the factors of 49761 and 49779 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49761

Prime factors of 49761 are 3, 19, 97. Prime factorization of 49761 in exponential form is:

49761 = 3³ × 19¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49779

Prime factors of 49779 are 3, 5531. Prime factorization of 49779 in exponential form is:

49779 = 3² × 5531¹

Step-3: Factors of 49761

List of positive integer factors of 49761 that divides 49761 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 27, 57, 97, 171, 291, 513, 873, 1843, 2619, 5529, 16587

Step-4: Factors of 49779

List of positive integer factors of 49779 that divides 49761 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5531, 16593

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49761 and 49779. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49761 and 49779 is 9.

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