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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4979 and 4991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4979 and 4991 is 1.

GCF(4979,4991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4979 and 4991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4979 and 4991.

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How to find the GCF of 4979 and 4991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4979 and 4991. After we will calculate the factors of 4979 and 4991 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4979

Prime factors of 4979 are 13, 383. Prime factorization of 4979 in exponential form is:

4979 = 131 × 3831

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4991

Prime factors of 4991 are 7, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 4991 in exponential form is:

4991 = 71 × 231 × 311

Step-3: Factors of 4979

List of positive integer factors of 4979 that divides 4979 without a remainder.

1, 13, 383

Step-4: Factors of 4991

List of positive integer factors of 4991 that divides 4979 without a remainder.

1, 7, 23, 31, 161, 217, 713

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4979 and 4991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4979 and 4991 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 4979 and 4991