What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48172 and 48178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48172 and 48178 is 2.

GCF(48172,48178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48172 and 48178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48172 and 48178.

How to find the GCF of 48172 and 48178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48172 and 48178. After we will calculate the factors of 48172 and 48178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48172

Prime factors of 48172 are 2, 12043. Prime factorization of 48172 in exponential form is:

48172 = 2² × 12043¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48178

Prime factors of 48178 are 2, 13, 17, 109. Prime factorization of 48178 in exponential form is:

48178 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 17¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 48172

List of positive integer factors of 48172 that divides 48172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12043, 24086

Step-4: Factors of 48178

List of positive integer factors of 48178 that divides 48172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 17, 26, 34, 109, 218, 221, 442, 1417, 1853, 2834, 3706, 24089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48172 and 48178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48172 and 48178 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48172 and 48178