What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49855 and 49873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49855 and 49873 is 1.

GCF(49855,49873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49855 and 49873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49855 and 49873.

How to find the GCF of 49855 and 49873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49855 and 49873. After we will calculate the factors of 49855 and 49873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49855

Prime factors of 49855 are 5, 13, 59. Prime factorization of 49855 in exponential form is:

49855 = 5¹ × 13² × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49873

Prime factors of 49873 are 53, 941. Prime factorization of 49873 in exponential form is:

49873 = 53¹ × 941¹

Step-3: Factors of 49855

List of positive integer factors of 49855 that divides 49855 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 59, 65, 169, 295, 767, 845, 3835, 9971

Step-4: Factors of 49873

List of positive integer factors of 49873 that divides 49855 without a remainder.

1, 53, 941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49855 and 49873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49855 and 49873 is 1.

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