What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4993 and 5012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4993 and 5012 is 1.

GCF(4993,5012) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4993 and 5012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4993 and 5012.

How to find the GCF of 4993 and 5012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4993 and 5012. After we will calculate the factors of 4993 and 5012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4993

Prime factors of 4993 are 4993. Prime factorization of 4993 in exponential form is:

4993 = 4993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5012

Prime factors of 5012 are 2, 7, 179. Prime factorization of 5012 in exponential form is:

5012 = 2² × 7¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 4993

List of positive integer factors of 4993 that divides 4993 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 5012

List of positive integer factors of 5012 that divides 4993 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 179, 358, 716, 1253, 2506

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4993 and 5012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4993 and 5012 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 4993 and 5012