What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49973 and 49977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49973 and 49977 is 1.

GCF(49973,49977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49973 and 49977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49973 and 49977.

How to find the GCF of 49973 and 49977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49973 and 49977. After we will calculate the factors of 49973 and 49977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 49977

Prime factors of 49977 are 3, 617. Prime factorization of 49977 in exponential form is:

49977 = 3⁴ × 617¹

Step-3: Factors of 49973

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 49977

List of positive integer factors of 49977 that divides 49973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 617, 1851, 5553, 16659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49973 and 49977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49973 and 49977 is 1.

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