What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48198 and 48212?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48198 and 48212 is 2.

GCF(48198,48212) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48198 and 48212, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48198 and 48212.

How to find the GCF of 48198 and 48212?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48198 and 48212. After we will calculate the factors of 48198 and 48212 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48198

Prime factors of 48198 are 2, 3, 29, 277. Prime factorization of 48198 in exponential form is:

48198 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48212

Prime factors of 48212 are 2, 17, 709. Prime factorization of 48212 in exponential form is:

48212 = 2² × 17¹ × 709¹

Step-3: Factors of 48198

List of positive integer factors of 48198 that divides 48198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 277, 554, 831, 1662, 8033, 16066, 24099

Step-4: Factors of 48212

List of positive integer factors of 48212 that divides 48198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 709, 1418, 2836, 12053, 24106

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48198 and 48212. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48198 and 48212 is 2.

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