What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49879 and 49884?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49879 and 49884 is 1.

GCF(49879,49884) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49879 and 49884, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49879 and 49884.

How to find the GCF of 49879 and 49884?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49879 and 49884. After we will calculate the factors of 49879 and 49884 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49879

Prime factors of 49879 are 31, 1609. Prime factorization of 49879 in exponential form is:

49879 = 31¹ × 1609¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49884

Prime factors of 49884 are 2, 3, 4157. Prime factorization of 49884 in exponential form is:

49884 = 2² × 3¹ × 4157¹

Step-3: Factors of 49879

List of positive integer factors of 49879 that divides 49879 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1609

Step-4: Factors of 49884

List of positive integer factors of 49884 that divides 49879 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4157, 8314, 12471, 16628, 24942

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49879 and 49884. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49879 and 49884 is 1.

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