What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49779 and 49791?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49779 and 49791 is 3.

GCF(49779,49791) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49779 and 49791, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49779 and 49791.

How to find the GCF of 49779 and 49791?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49779 and 49791. After we will calculate the factors of 49779 and 49791 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49779

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

49779 = 3² × 5531¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49791

Prime factors of 49791 are 3, 7, 2371. Prime factorization of 49791 in exponential form is:

49791 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2371¹

Step-3: Factors of 49779

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

1, 3, 9, 5531, 16593

Step-4: Factors of 49791

List of positive integer factors of 49791 that divides 49779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2371, 7113, 16597

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49779 and 49791. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49779 and 49791 is 3.

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