What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48363 and 48372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48363 and 48372 is 3.

GCF(48363,48372) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48363 and 48372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48363 and 48372.

How to find the GCF of 48363 and 48372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48363 and 48372. After we will calculate the factors of 48363 and 48372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48363

Prime factors of 48363 are 3, 7, 47. Prime factorization of 48363 in exponential form is:

48363 = 3¹ × 7³ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48372

Prime factors of 48372 are 2, 3, 29, 139. Prime factorization of 48372 in exponential form is:

48372 = 2² × 3¹ × 29¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 48363

List of positive integer factors of 48363 that divides 48363 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 47, 49, 141, 147, 329, 343, 987, 1029, 2303, 6909, 16121

Step-4: Factors of 48372

List of positive integer factors of 48372 that divides 48363 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 29, 58, 87, 116, 139, 174, 278, 348, 417, 556, 834, 1668, 4031, 8062, 12093, 16124, 24186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48363 and 48372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48363 and 48372 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48363 and 48372