What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49911 and 49926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49911 and 49926 is 3.

GCF(49911,49926) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49911 and 49926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49911 and 49926.

How to find the GCF of 49911 and 49926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49911 and 49926. After we will calculate the factors of 49911 and 49926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49911

Prime factors of 49911 are 3, 127, 131. Prime factorization of 49911 in exponential form is:

49911 = 3¹ × 127¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49926

Prime factors of 49926 are 2, 3, 53, 157. Prime factorization of 49926 in exponential form is:

49926 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 53¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 49911

List of positive integer factors of 49911 that divides 49911 without a remainder.

1, 3, 127, 131, 381, 393, 16637

Step-4: Factors of 49926

List of positive integer factors of 49926 that divides 49911 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 53, 106, 157, 159, 314, 318, 471, 942, 8321, 16642, 24963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49911 and 49926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49911 and 49926 is 3.

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