What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48040 and 48056?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48040 and 48056 is 8.

GCF(48040,48056) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48040 and 48056, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48040 and 48056.

How to find the GCF of 48040 and 48056?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48040 and 48056. After we will calculate the factors of 48040 and 48056 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 48056

Prime factors of 48056 are 2, 6007. Prime factorization of 48056 in exponential form is:

48056 = 2³ × 6007¹

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 48056

List of positive integer factors of 48056 that divides 48040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6007, 12014, 24028

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48040 and 48056. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48040 and 48056 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48040 and 48056