What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48012 and 48018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48012 and 48018 is 6.

GCF(48012,48018) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48012 and 48018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48012 and 48018.

How to find the GCF of 48012 and 48018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48012 and 48018. After we will calculate the factors of 48012 and 48018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48012

Prime factors of 48012 are 2, 3, 4001. Prime factorization of 48012 in exponential form is:

48012 = 2² × 3¹ × 4001¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48018

Prime factors of 48018 are 2, 3, 53, 151. Prime factorization of 48018 in exponential form is:

48018 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 53¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 48012

List of positive integer factors of 48012 that divides 48012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4001, 8002, 12003, 16004, 24006

Step-4: Factors of 48018

List of positive integer factors of 48018 that divides 48012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 53, 106, 151, 159, 302, 318, 453, 906, 8003, 16006, 24009

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48012 and 48018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48012 and 48018 is 6.

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