What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49953 and 49965?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49953 and 49965 is 3.

GCF(49953,49965) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49953 and 49965, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49953 and 49965.

How to find the GCF of 49953 and 49965?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49953 and 49965. After we will calculate the factors of 49953 and 49965 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49953

Prime factors of 49953 are 3, 16651. Prime factorization of 49953 in exponential form is:

49953 = 3¹ × 16651¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49965

Prime factors of 49965 are 3, 5, 3331. Prime factorization of 49965 in exponential form is:

49965 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3331¹

Step-3: Factors of 49953

List of positive integer factors of 49953 that divides 49953 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16651

Step-4: Factors of 49965

List of positive integer factors of 49965 that divides 49953 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3331, 9993, 16655

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49953 and 49965. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49953 and 49965 is 3.

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