What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49884 and 49901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49884 and 49901 is 1.

GCF(49884,49901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49884 and 49901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49884 and 49901.

How to find the GCF of 49884 and 49901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49884 and 49901. After we will calculate the factors of 49884 and 49901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 49901

Prime factors of 49901 are 139, 359. Prime factorization of 49901 in exponential form is:

49901 = 139¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 49884

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 49901

List of positive integer factors of 49901 that divides 49884 without a remainder.

1, 139, 359

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49884 and 49901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49884 and 49901 is 1.

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