What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49869 and 49887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49869 and 49887 is 9.

GCF(49869,49887) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49869 and 49887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49869 and 49887.

How to find the GCF of 49869 and 49887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49869 and 49887. After we will calculate the factors of 49869 and 49887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49869

Prime factors of 49869 are 3, 1847. Prime factorization of 49869 in exponential form is:

49869 = 3³ × 1847¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49887

Prime factors of 49887 are 3, 23, 241. Prime factorization of 49887 in exponential form is:

49887 = 3² × 23¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 49869

List of positive integer factors of 49869 that divides 49869 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1847, 5541, 16623

Step-4: Factors of 49887

List of positive integer factors of 49887 that divides 49869 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 69, 207, 241, 723, 2169, 5543, 16629

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49869 and 49887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49869 and 49887 is 9.

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