What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49870 and 49887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49870 and 49887 is 1.

GCF(49870,49887) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49870 and 49887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49870 and 49887.

How to find the GCF of 49870 and 49887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49870 and 49887. After we will calculate the factors of 49870 and 49887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49870

Prime factors of 49870 are 2, 5, 4987. Prime factorization of 49870 in exponential form is:

49870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4987¹

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 49870

List of positive integer factors of 49870 that divides 49870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4987, 9974, 24935

Step-4: Factors of 49887

List of positive integer factors of 49887 that divides 49870 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 49870 and 49887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49870 and 49887 is 1.

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