What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48496 and 48503?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48496 and 48503 is 7.

GCF(48496,48503) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48496 and 48503, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48496 and 48503.

How to find the GCF of 48496 and 48503?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48496 and 48503. After we will calculate the factors of 48496 and 48503 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48496

Prime factors of 48496 are 2, 7, 433. Prime factorization of 48496 in exponential form is:

48496 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48503

Prime factors of 48503 are 7, 13, 41. Prime factorization of 48503 in exponential form is:

48503 = 7¹ × 13² × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 48496

List of positive integer factors of 48496 that divides 48496 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 433, 866, 1732, 3031, 3464, 6062, 6928, 12124, 24248

Step-4: Factors of 48503

List of positive integer factors of 48503 that divides 48496 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 41, 91, 169, 287, 533, 1183, 3731, 6929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48496 and 48503. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48496 and 48503 is 7.

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