What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48208 and 48212?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48208 and 48212 is 4.

GCF(48208,48212) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48208 and 48212, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48208 and 48212.

How to find the GCF of 48208 and 48212?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48208 and 48212. After we will calculate the factors of 48208 and 48212 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-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 48208

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48212

List of positive integer factors of 48212 that divides 48208 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 48208 and 48212. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48208 and 48212 is 4.

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