What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48531 and 48543?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48531 and 48543 is 3.

GCF(48531,48543) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48531 and 48543, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48531 and 48543.

How to find the GCF of 48531 and 48543?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48531 and 48543. After we will calculate the factors of 48531 and 48543 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 48543

Prime factors of 48543 are 3, 11, 1471. Prime factorization of 48543 in exponential form is:

48543 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1471¹

Step-3: Factors of 48531

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48543

List of positive integer factors of 48543 that divides 48531 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1471, 4413, 16181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48531 and 48543. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48531 and 48543 is 3.

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