What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48522 and 48536?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48522 and 48536 is 2.

GCF(48522,48536) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48522 and 48536, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48522 and 48536.

How to find the GCF of 48522 and 48536?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48522 and 48536. After we will calculate the factors of 48522 and 48536 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48522

Prime factors of 48522 are 2, 3, 8087. Prime factorization of 48522 in exponential form is:

48522 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8087¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48536

Prime factors of 48536 are 2, 6067. Prime factorization of 48536 in exponential form is:

48536 = 2³ × 6067¹

Step-3: Factors of 48522

List of positive integer factors of 48522 that divides 48522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8087, 16174, 24261

Step-4: Factors of 48536

List of positive integer factors of 48536 that divides 48522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6067, 12134, 24268

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48522 and 48536. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48522 and 48536 is 2.

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