What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48290 and 48296?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48290 and 48296 is 2.

GCF(48290,48296) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48290 and 48296, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48290 and 48296.

How to find the GCF of 48290 and 48296?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48290 and 48296. After we will calculate the factors of 48290 and 48296 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48290

Prime factors of 48290 are 2, 5, 11, 439. Prime factorization of 48290 in exponential form is:

48290 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48296

Prime factors of 48296 are 2, 6037. Prime factorization of 48296 in exponential form is:

48296 = 2³ × 6037¹

Step-3: Factors of 48290

List of positive integer factors of 48290 that divides 48290 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 110, 439, 878, 2195, 4390, 4829, 9658, 24145

Step-4: Factors of 48296

List of positive integer factors of 48296 that divides 48290 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6037, 12074, 24148

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48290 and 48296. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48290 and 48296 is 2.

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