What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48072 and 48086?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48072 and 48086 is 2.

GCF(48072,48086) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48072 and 48086, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48072 and 48086.

How to find the GCF of 48072 and 48086?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48072 and 48086. After we will calculate the factors of 48072 and 48086 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48072

Prime factors of 48072 are 2, 3, 2003. Prime factorization of 48072 in exponential form is:

48072 = 2³ × 3¹ × 2003¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48086

Prime factors of 48086 are 2, 24043. Prime factorization of 48086 in exponential form is:

48086 = 2¹ × 24043¹

Step-3: Factors of 48072

List of positive integer factors of 48072 that divides 48072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2003, 4006, 6009, 8012, 12018, 16024, 24036

Step-4: Factors of 48086

List of positive integer factors of 48086 that divides 48072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24043

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48072 and 48086. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48072 and 48086 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48072 and 48086