What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49871 and 49878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49871 and 49878 is 1.

GCF(49871,49878) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49871 and 49878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49871 and 49878.

How to find the GCF of 49871 and 49878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49871 and 49878. After we will calculate the factors of 49871 and 49878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49871

Prime factors of 49871 are 49871. Prime factorization of 49871 in exponential form is:

49871 = 49871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49878

Prime factors of 49878 are 2, 3, 17, 163. Prime factorization of 49878 in exponential form is:

49878 = 2¹ × 3² × 17¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 49871

List of positive integer factors of 49871 that divides 49871 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 49878

List of positive integer factors of 49878 that divides 49871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 102, 153, 163, 306, 326, 489, 978, 1467, 2771, 2934, 5542, 8313, 16626, 24939

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49871 and 49878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49871 and 49878 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49871 and 49878