What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48238 and 48255?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48238 and 48255 is 1.

GCF(48238,48255) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48238 and 48255, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48238 and 48255.

How to find the GCF of 48238 and 48255?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48238 and 48255. After we will calculate the factors of 48238 and 48255 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48238

Prime factors of 48238 are 2, 89, 271. Prime factorization of 48238 in exponential form is:

48238 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48255

Prime factors of 48255 are 3, 5, 3217. Prime factorization of 48255 in exponential form is:

48255 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3217¹

Step-3: Factors of 48238

List of positive integer factors of 48238 that divides 48238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 178, 271, 542, 24119

Step-4: Factors of 48255

List of positive integer factors of 48255 that divides 48238 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3217, 9651, 16085

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48238 and 48255. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48238 and 48255 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48238 and 48255