What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49909 and 49916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49909 and 49916 is 1.

GCF(49909,49916) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49909 and 49916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49909 and 49916.

How to find the GCF of 49909 and 49916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49909 and 49916. After we will calculate the factors of 49909 and 49916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49909

Prime factors of 49909 are 29, 1721. Prime factorization of 49909 in exponential form is:

49909 = 29¹ × 1721¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49916

Prime factors of 49916 are 2, 12479. Prime factorization of 49916 in exponential form is:

49916 = 2² × 12479¹

Step-3: Factors of 49909

List of positive integer factors of 49909 that divides 49909 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1721

Step-4: Factors of 49916

List of positive integer factors of 49916 that divides 49909 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12479, 24958

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49909 and 49916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49909 and 49916 is 1.

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