What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48516 and 48531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48516 and 48531 is 3.

GCF(48516,48531) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48516 and 48531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48516 and 48531.

How to find the GCF of 48516 and 48531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48516 and 48531. After we will calculate the factors of 48516 and 48531 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48516

Prime factors of 48516 are 2, 3, 13, 311. Prime factorization of 48516 in exponential form is:

48516 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48531

Prime factors of 48531 are 3, 7, 2311. Prime factorization of 48531 in exponential form is:

48531 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2311¹

Step-3: Factors of 48516

List of positive integer factors of 48516 that divides 48516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 311, 622, 933, 1244, 1866, 3732, 4043, 8086, 12129, 16172, 24258

Step-4: Factors of 48531

List of positive integer factors of 48531 that divides 48516 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2311, 6933, 16177

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48516 and 48531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48516 and 48531 is 3.

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