What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49887 and 49902?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49887 and 49902 is 3.

GCF(49887,49902) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49887 and 49902, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49887 and 49902.

How to find the GCF of 49887 and 49902?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49887 and 49902. After we will calculate the factors of 49887 and 49902 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 49902

Prime factors of 49902 are 2, 3, 8317. Prime factorization of 49902 in exponential form is:

49902 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8317¹

Step-3: Factors of 49887

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 49902

List of positive integer factors of 49902 that divides 49887 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8317, 16634, 24951

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49887 and 49902. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49887 and 49902 is 3.

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