What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48515 and 48520?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48515 and 48520 is 5.

GCF(48515,48520) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48515 and 48520, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48515 and 48520.

How to find the GCF of 48515 and 48520?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48515 and 48520. After we will calculate the factors of 48515 and 48520 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48515

Prime factors of 48515 are 5, 31, 313. Prime factorization of 48515 in exponential form is:

48515 = 5¹ × 31¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48520

Prime factors of 48520 are 2, 5, 1213. Prime factorization of 48520 in exponential form is:

48520 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1213¹

Step-3: Factors of 48515

List of positive integer factors of 48515 that divides 48515 without a remainder.

1, 5, 31, 155, 313, 1565, 9703

Step-4: Factors of 48520

List of positive integer factors of 48520 that divides 48515 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1213, 2426, 4852, 6065, 9704, 12130, 24260

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48515 and 48520. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48515 and 48520 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48515 and 48520