What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48388 and 48398?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48388 and 48398 is 2.

GCF(48388,48398) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48388 and 48398, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48388 and 48398.

How to find the GCF of 48388 and 48398?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48388 and 48398. After we will calculate the factors of 48388 and 48398 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48388

Prime factors of 48388 are 2, 12097. Prime factorization of 48388 in exponential form is:

48388 = 2² × 12097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48398

Prime factors of 48398 are 2, 7, 3457. Prime factorization of 48398 in exponential form is:

48398 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3457¹

Step-3: Factors of 48388

List of positive integer factors of 48388 that divides 48388 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12097, 24194

Step-4: Factors of 48398

List of positive integer factors of 48398 that divides 48388 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3457, 6914, 24199

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48388 and 48398. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48388 and 48398 is 2.

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