What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49979 and 49989?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49979 and 49989 is 1.

GCF(49979,49989) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49979 and 49989, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49979 and 49989.

How to find the GCF of 49979 and 49989?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49979 and 49989. After we will calculate the factors of 49979 and 49989 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 49989

Prime factors of 49989 are 3, 19, 877. Prime factorization of 49989 in exponential form is:

49989 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 877¹

Step-3: Factors of 49979

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 49989

List of positive integer factors of 49989 that divides 49979 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 877, 2631, 16663

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49979 and 49989. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49979 and 49989 is 1.

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