What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48401 and 48406?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48401 and 48406 is 1.

GCF(48401,48406) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48401 and 48406, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48401 and 48406.

How to find the GCF of 48401 and 48406?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48401 and 48406. After we will calculate the factors of 48401 and 48406 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48401

Prime factors of 48401 are 29, 1669. Prime factorization of 48401 in exponential form is:

48401 = 29¹ × 1669¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48406

Prime factors of 48406 are 2, 24203. Prime factorization of 48406 in exponential form is:

48406 = 2¹ × 24203¹

Step-3: Factors of 48401

List of positive integer factors of 48401 that divides 48401 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1669

Step-4: Factors of 48406

List of positive integer factors of 48406 that divides 48401 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48401 and 48406. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48401 and 48406 is 1.

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