What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49963 and 49973?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49963 and 49973 is 1.

GCF(49963,49973) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49963 and 49973, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49963 and 49973.

How to find the GCF of 49963 and 49973?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49963 and 49973. After we will calculate the factors of 49963 and 49973 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49963

Prime factors of 49963 are 17, 2939. Prime factorization of 49963 in exponential form is:

49963 = 17¹ × 2939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49973

Prime factors of 49973 are 7, 11, 59. Prime factorization of 49973 in exponential form is:

49973 = 7¹ × 11² × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 49963

List of positive integer factors of 49963 that divides 49963 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2939

Step-4: Factors of 49973

List of positive integer factors of 49973 that divides 49963 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 59, 77, 121, 413, 649, 847, 4543, 7139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49963 and 49973. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49963 and 49973 is 1.

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