What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48394 and 48404?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48394 and 48404 is 2.

GCF(48394,48404) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48394 and 48404, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48394 and 48404.

How to find the GCF of 48394 and 48404?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48394 and 48404. After we will calculate the factors of 48394 and 48404 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48394

Prime factors of 48394 are 2, 24197. Prime factorization of 48394 in exponential form is:

48394 = 2¹ × 24197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48404

Prime factors of 48404 are 2, 12101. Prime factorization of 48404 in exponential form is:

48404 = 2² × 12101¹

Step-3: Factors of 48394

List of positive integer factors of 48394 that divides 48394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24197

Step-4: Factors of 48404

List of positive integer factors of 48404 that divides 48394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12101, 24202

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48394 and 48404. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48394 and 48404 is 2.

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