What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48098 and 48118?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48098 and 48118 is 2.

GCF(48098,48118) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48098 and 48118, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48098 and 48118.

How to find the GCF of 48098 and 48118?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48098 and 48118. After we will calculate the factors of 48098 and 48118 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 48118

Prime factors of 48118 are 2, 7, 491. Prime factorization of 48118 in exponential form is:

48118 = 2¹ × 7² × 491¹

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 48118

List of positive integer factors of 48118 that divides 48098 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 491, 982, 3437, 6874, 24059

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48098 and 48118. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48098 and 48118 is 2.

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