What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48142 and 48159?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48142 and 48159 is 1.

GCF(48142,48159) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48142 and 48159, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48142 and 48159.

How to find the GCF of 48142 and 48159?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48142 and 48159. After we will calculate the factors of 48142 and 48159 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48142

Prime factors of 48142 are 2, 24071. Prime factorization of 48142 in exponential form is:

48142 = 2¹ × 24071¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48159

Prime factors of 48159 are 3, 5351. Prime factorization of 48159 in exponential form is:

48159 = 3² × 5351¹

Step-3: Factors of 48142

List of positive integer factors of 48142 that divides 48142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24071

Step-4: Factors of 48159

List of positive integer factors of 48159 that divides 48142 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5351, 16053

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48142 and 48159. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48142 and 48159 is 1.

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