What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48460 and 48472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48460 and 48472 is 4.

GCF(48460,48472) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48460 and 48472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48460 and 48472.

How to find the GCF of 48460 and 48472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48460 and 48472. After we will calculate the factors of 48460 and 48472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 48472

Prime factors of 48472 are 2, 73, 83. Prime factorization of 48472 in exponential form is:

48472 = 2³ × 73¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 48460

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48472

List of positive integer factors of 48472 that divides 48460 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 73, 83, 146, 166, 292, 332, 584, 664, 6059, 12118, 24236

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48460 and 48472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48460 and 48472 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48460 and 48472