What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48126 and 48144?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48126 and 48144 is 6.

GCF(48126,48144) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48126 and 48144, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48126 and 48144.

How to find the GCF of 48126 and 48144?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48126 and 48144. After we will calculate the factors of 48126 and 48144 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48126

Prime factors of 48126 are 2, 3, 13, 617. Prime factorization of 48126 in exponential form is:

48126 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48144

Prime factors of 48144 are 2, 3, 17, 59. Prime factorization of 48144 in exponential form is:

48144 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 48126

List of positive integer factors of 48126 that divides 48126 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 617, 1234, 1851, 3702, 8021, 16042, 24063

Step-4: Factors of 48144

List of positive integer factors of 48144 that divides 48126 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 17, 24, 34, 48, 51, 59, 68, 102, 118, 136, 177, 204, 236, 272, 354, 408, 472, 708, 816, 944, 1003, 1416, 2006, 2832, 3009, 4012, 6018, 8024, 12036, 16048, 24072

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48126 and 48144. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48126 and 48144 is 6.

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