What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48291 and 48300?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48291 and 48300 is 3.

GCF(48291,48300) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48291 and 48300, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48291 and 48300.

How to find the GCF of 48291 and 48300?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48291 and 48300. After we will calculate the factors of 48291 and 48300 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48291

Prime factors of 48291 are 3, 16097. Prime factorization of 48291 in exponential form is:

48291 = 3¹ × 16097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48300

Prime factors of 48300 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 23. Prime factorization of 48300 in exponential form is:

48300 = 2² × 3¹ × 5² × 7¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 48291

List of positive integer factors of 48291 that divides 48291 without a remainder.

1, 3, 16097

Step-4: Factors of 48300

List of positive integer factors of 48300 that divides 48291 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 35, 42, 46, 50, 60, 69, 70, 75, 84, 92, 100, 105, 115, 138, 140, 150, 161, 175, 210, 230, 276, 300, 322, 345, 350, 420, 460, 483, 525, 575, 644, 690, 700, 805, 966, 1050, 1150, 1380, 1610, 1725, 1932, 2100, 2300, 2415, 3220, 3450, 4025, 4830, 6900, 8050, 9660, 12075, 16100, 24150

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48291 and 48300. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48291 and 48300 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48291 and 48300