What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48218 and 48222?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48218 and 48222 is 2.

GCF(48218,48222) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48218 and 48222, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48218 and 48222.

How to find the GCF of 48218 and 48222?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48218 and 48222. After we will calculate the factors of 48218 and 48222 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48218

Prime factors of 48218 are 2, 24109. Prime factorization of 48218 in exponential form is:

48218 = 2¹ × 24109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48222

Prime factors of 48222 are 2, 3, 19, 47. Prime factorization of 48222 in exponential form is:

48222 = 2¹ × 3³ × 19¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 48218

List of positive integer factors of 48218 that divides 48218 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24109

Step-4: Factors of 48222

List of positive integer factors of 48222 that divides 48218 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 19, 27, 38, 47, 54, 57, 94, 114, 141, 171, 282, 342, 423, 513, 846, 893, 1026, 1269, 1786, 2538, 2679, 5358, 8037, 16074, 24111

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48218 and 48222. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48218 and 48222 is 2.

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