What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48508 and 48521?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48508 and 48521 is 1.

GCF(48508,48521) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48508 and 48521, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48508 and 48521.

How to find the GCF of 48508 and 48521?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48508 and 48521. After we will calculate the factors of 48508 and 48521 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48508

Prime factors of 48508 are 2, 67, 181. Prime factorization of 48508 in exponential form is:

48508 = 2² × 67¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48521

Prime factors of 48521 are 11, 401. Prime factorization of 48521 in exponential form is:

48521 = 11² × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 48508

List of positive integer factors of 48508 that divides 48508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 67, 134, 181, 268, 362, 724, 12127, 24254

Step-4: Factors of 48521

List of positive integer factors of 48521 that divides 48508 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 401, 4411

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48508 and 48521. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48508 and 48521 is 1.

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