What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48486 and 48498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48486 and 48498 is 6.

GCF(48486,48498) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48486 and 48498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48486 and 48498.

How to find the GCF of 48486 and 48498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48486 and 48498. After we will calculate the factors of 48486 and 48498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48486

Prime factors of 48486 are 2, 3, 8081. Prime factorization of 48486 in exponential form is:

48486 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8081¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48498

Prime factors of 48498 are 2, 3, 59, 137. Prime factorization of 48498 in exponential form is:

48498 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 59¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 48486

List of positive integer factors of 48486 that divides 48486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8081, 16162, 24243

Step-4: Factors of 48498

List of positive integer factors of 48498 that divides 48486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 59, 118, 137, 177, 274, 354, 411, 822, 8083, 16166, 24249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48486 and 48498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48486 and 48498 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48486 and 48498