What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48040 and 48044?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48040 and 48044 is 4.

GCF(48040,48044) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48040 and 48044, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48040 and 48044.

How to find the GCF of 48040 and 48044?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48040 and 48044. After we will calculate the factors of 48040 and 48044 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48040

Prime factors of 48040 are 2, 5, 1201. Prime factorization of 48040 in exponential form is:

48040 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1201¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48044

Prime factors of 48044 are 2, 12011. Prime factorization of 48044 in exponential form is:

48044 = 2² × 12011¹

Step-3: Factors of 48040

List of positive integer factors of 48040 that divides 48040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1201, 2402, 4804, 6005, 9608, 12010, 24020

Step-4: Factors of 48044

List of positive integer factors of 48044 that divides 48040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12011, 24022

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48040 and 48044. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48040 and 48044 is 4.

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