What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49974 and 49981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49974 and 49981 is 1.

GCF(49974,49981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49974 and 49981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49974 and 49981.

How to find the GCF of 49974 and 49981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49974 and 49981. After we will calculate the factors of 49974 and 49981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49974

Prime factors of 49974 are 2, 3, 8329. Prime factorization of 49974 in exponential form is:

49974 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8329¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49981

Prime factors of 49981 are 151, 331. Prime factorization of 49981 in exponential form is:

49981 = 151¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 49974

List of positive integer factors of 49974 that divides 49974 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8329, 16658, 24987

Step-4: Factors of 49981

List of positive integer factors of 49981 that divides 49974 without a remainder.

1, 151, 331

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49974 and 49981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49974 and 49981 is 1.

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