What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4048 and 4068?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4048 and 4068 is 4.

GCF(4048,4068) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4048 and 4068, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4048 and 4068.

How to find the GCF of 4048 and 4068?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4048 and 4068. After we will calculate the factors of 4048 and 4068 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4048

Prime factors of 4048 are 2, 11, 23. Prime factorization of 4048 in exponential form is:

4048 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4068

Prime factors of 4068 are 2, 3, 113. Prime factorization of 4068 in exponential form is:

4068 = 2² × 3² × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 4048

List of positive integer factors of 4048 that divides 4048 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 23, 44, 46, 88, 92, 176, 184, 253, 368, 506, 1012, 2024

Step-4: Factors of 4068

List of positive integer factors of 4068 that divides 4048 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 113, 226, 339, 452, 678, 1017, 1356, 2034

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4048 and 4068. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4048 and 4068 is 4.

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