What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48296 and 48304?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48296 and 48304 is 8.

GCF(48296,48304) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48296 and 48304, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48296 and 48304.

How to find the GCF of 48296 and 48304?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48296 and 48304. After we will calculate the factors of 48296 and 48304 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48296

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

48296 = 2³ × 6037¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48304

Prime factors of 48304 are 2, 3019. Prime factorization of 48304 in exponential form is:

48304 = 2⁴ × 3019¹

Step-3: Factors of 48296

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48304

List of positive integer factors of 48304 that divides 48296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3019, 6038, 12076, 24152

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48296 and 48304. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48296 and 48304 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48296 and 48304