What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48259 and 48272?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48259 and 48272 is 1.

GCF(48259,48272) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48259 and 48272, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48259 and 48272.

How to find the GCF of 48259 and 48272?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48259 and 48272. After we will calculate the factors of 48259 and 48272 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48259

Prime factors of 48259 are 48259. Prime factorization of 48259 in exponential form is:

48259 = 48259¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48272

Prime factors of 48272 are 2, 7, 431. Prime factorization of 48272 in exponential form is:

48272 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 48259

List of positive integer factors of 48259 that divides 48259 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 48272

List of positive integer factors of 48272 that divides 48259 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 431, 862, 1724, 3017, 3448, 6034, 6896, 12068, 24136

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48259 and 48272. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48259 and 48272 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48259 and 48272