What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48328 and 48340?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48328 and 48340 is 4.

GCF(48328,48340) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48328 and 48340, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48328 and 48340.

How to find the GCF of 48328 and 48340?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48328 and 48340. After we will calculate the factors of 48328 and 48340 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48328

Prime factors of 48328 are 2, 7, 863. Prime factorization of 48328 in exponential form is:

48328 = 2³ × 7¹ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48340

Prime factors of 48340 are 2, 5, 2417. Prime factorization of 48340 in exponential form is:

48340 = 2² × 5¹ × 2417¹

Step-3: Factors of 48328

List of positive integer factors of 48328 that divides 48328 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 863, 1726, 3452, 6041, 6904, 12082, 24164

Step-4: Factors of 48340

List of positive integer factors of 48340 that divides 48328 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2417, 4834, 9668, 12085, 24170

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48328 and 48340. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48328 and 48340 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48328 and 48340