What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48530 and 48544?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48530 and 48544 is 2.

GCF(48530,48544) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48530 and 48544, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48530 and 48544.

How to find the GCF of 48530 and 48544?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48530 and 48544. After we will calculate the factors of 48530 and 48544 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48530

Prime factors of 48530 are 2, 5, 23, 211. Prime factorization of 48530 in exponential form is:

48530 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48544

Prime factors of 48544 are 2, 37, 41. Prime factorization of 48544 in exponential form is:

48544 = 2⁵ × 37¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 48530

List of positive integer factors of 48530 that divides 48530 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 23, 46, 115, 211, 230, 422, 1055, 2110, 4853, 9706, 24265

Step-4: Factors of 48544

List of positive integer factors of 48544 that divides 48530 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 37, 41, 74, 82, 148, 164, 296, 328, 592, 656, 1184, 1312, 1517, 3034, 6068, 12136, 24272

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48530 and 48544. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48530 and 48544 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48530 and 48544