What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48384 and 48402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48384 and 48402 is 18.

GCF(48384,48402) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48384 and 48402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48384 and 48402.

How to find the GCF of 48384 and 48402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48384 and 48402. After we will calculate the factors of 48384 and 48402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48384

Prime factors of 48384 are 2, 3, 7. Prime factorization of 48384 in exponential form is:

48384 = 2⁸ × 3³ × 7¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48402

Prime factors of 48402 are 2, 3, 2689. Prime factorization of 48402 in exponential form is:

48402 = 2¹ × 3² × 2689¹

Step-3: Factors of 48384

List of positive integer factors of 48384 that divides 48384 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 27, 28, 32, 36, 42, 48, 54, 56, 63, 64, 72, 84, 96, 108, 112, 126, 128, 144, 168, 189, 192, 216, 224, 252, 256, 288, 336, 378, 384, 432, 448, 504, 576, 672, 756, 768, 864, 896, 1008, 1152, 1344, 1512, 1728, 1792, 2016, 2304, 2688, 3024, 3456, 4032, 5376, 6048, 6912, 8064, 12096, 16128, 24192

Step-4: Factors of 48402

List of positive integer factors of 48402 that divides 48384 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2689, 5378, 8067, 16134, 24201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48384 and 48402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48384 and 48402 is 18.

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