What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48098 and 48116?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48098 and 48116 is 2.

GCF(48098,48116) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48098 and 48116, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48098 and 48116.

How to find the GCF of 48098 and 48116?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48098 and 48116. After we will calculate the factors of 48098 and 48116 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48098

Prime factors of 48098 are 2, 24049. Prime factorization of 48098 in exponential form is:

48098 = 2¹ × 24049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48116

Prime factors of 48116 are 2, 23, 523. Prime factorization of 48116 in exponential form is:

48116 = 2² × 23¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 48098

List of positive integer factors of 48098 that divides 48098 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24049

Step-4: Factors of 48116

List of positive integer factors of 48116 that divides 48098 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 523, 1046, 2092, 12029, 24058

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48098 and 48116. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48098 and 48116 is 2.

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