What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48203 and 48208?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48203 and 48208 is 1.

GCF(48203,48208) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48203 and 48208, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48203 and 48208.

How to find the GCF of 48203 and 48208?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48203 and 48208. After we will calculate the factors of 48203 and 48208 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48203

Prime factors of 48203 are 19, 43, 59. Prime factorization of 48203 in exponential form is:

48203 = 19¹ × 43¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48208

Prime factors of 48208 are 2, 23, 131. Prime factorization of 48208 in exponential form is:

48208 = 2⁴ × 23¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 48203

List of positive integer factors of 48203 that divides 48203 without a remainder.

1, 19, 43, 59, 817, 1121, 2537

Step-4: Factors of 48208

List of positive integer factors of 48208 that divides 48203 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 46, 92, 131, 184, 262, 368, 524, 1048, 2096, 3013, 6026, 12052, 24104

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48203 and 48208. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48203 and 48208 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48203 and 48208