What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48455 and 48460?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48455 and 48460 is 5.

GCF(48455,48460) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48455 and 48460, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48455 and 48460.

How to find the GCF of 48455 and 48460?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48455 and 48460. After we will calculate the factors of 48455 and 48460 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48455

Prime factors of 48455 are 5, 11, 881. Prime factorization of 48455 in exponential form is:

48455 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 881¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48460

Prime factors of 48460 are 2, 5, 2423. Prime factorization of 48460 in exponential form is:

48460 = 2² × 5¹ × 2423¹

Step-3: Factors of 48455

List of positive integer factors of 48455 that divides 48455 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 881, 4405, 9691

Step-4: Factors of 48460

List of positive integer factors of 48460 that divides 48455 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2423, 4846, 9692, 12115, 24230

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48455 and 48460. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48455 and 48460 is 5.

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