What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49972 and 49979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49972 and 49979 is 1.

GCF(49972,49979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49972 and 49979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49972 and 49979.

How to find the GCF of 49972 and 49979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49972 and 49979. After we will calculate the factors of 49972 and 49979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49972

Prime factors of 49972 are 2, 13, 31. Prime factorization of 49972 in exponential form is:

49972 = 2² × 13¹ × 31²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49979

Prime factors of 49979 are 23, 41, 53. Prime factorization of 49979 in exponential form is:

49979 = 23¹ × 41¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 49972

List of positive integer factors of 49972 that divides 49972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 31, 52, 62, 124, 403, 806, 961, 1612, 1922, 3844, 12493, 24986

Step-4: Factors of 49979

List of positive integer factors of 49979 that divides 49972 without a remainder.

1, 23, 41, 53, 943, 1219, 2173

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49972 and 49979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49972 and 49979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 49972 and 49979