What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48520 and 48526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48520 and 48526 is 2.

GCF(48520,48526) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48520 and 48526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48520 and 48526.

How to find the GCF of 48520 and 48526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48520 and 48526. After we will calculate the factors of 48520 and 48526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 48526

Prime factors of 48526 are 2, 19, 1277. Prime factorization of 48526 in exponential form is:

48526 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1277¹

Step-3: Factors of 48520

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48526

List of positive integer factors of 48526 that divides 48520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1277, 2554, 24263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48520 and 48526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48520 and 48526 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48520 and 48526