What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48261 and 48280?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48261 and 48280 is 1.

GCF(48261,48280) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48261 and 48280, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48261 and 48280.

How to find the GCF of 48261 and 48280?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48261 and 48280. After we will calculate the factors of 48261 and 48280 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48261

Prime factors of 48261 are 3, 16087. Prime factorization of 48261 in exponential form is:

48261 = 3¹ × 16087¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48280

Prime factors of 48280 are 2, 5, 17, 71. Prime factorization of 48280 in exponential form is:

48280 = 2³ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 48261

List of positive integer factors of 48261 that divides 48261 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16087

Step-4: Factors of 48280

List of positive integer factors of 48280 that divides 48261 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 20, 34, 40, 68, 71, 85, 136, 142, 170, 284, 340, 355, 568, 680, 710, 1207, 1420, 2414, 2840, 4828, 6035, 9656, 12070, 24140

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48261 and 48280. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48261 and 48280 is 1.

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