What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48231 and 48239?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48231 and 48239 is 1.

GCF(48231,48239) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48231 and 48239, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48231 and 48239.

How to find the GCF of 48231 and 48239?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48231 and 48239. After we will calculate the factors of 48231 and 48239 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48231

Prime factors of 48231 are 3, 23, 233. Prime factorization of 48231 in exponential form is:

48231 = 3² × 23¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48239

Prime factors of 48239 are 48239. Prime factorization of 48239 in exponential form is:

48239 = 48239¹

Step-3: Factors of 48231

List of positive integer factors of 48231 that divides 48231 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 69, 207, 233, 699, 2097, 5359, 16077

Step-4: Factors of 48239

List of positive integer factors of 48239 that divides 48231 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48231 and 48239. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48231 and 48239 is 1.

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