What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48548 and 48568?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48548 and 48568 is 4.

GCF(48548,48568) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48548 and 48568, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48548 and 48568.

How to find the GCF of 48548 and 48568?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48548 and 48568. After we will calculate the factors of 48548 and 48568 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48548

Prime factors of 48548 are 2, 53, 229. Prime factorization of 48548 in exponential form is:

48548 = 2² × 53¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48568

Prime factors of 48568 are 2, 13, 467. Prime factorization of 48568 in exponential form is:

48568 = 2³ × 13¹ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 48548

List of positive integer factors of 48548 that divides 48548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 53, 106, 212, 229, 458, 916, 12137, 24274

Step-4: Factors of 48568

List of positive integer factors of 48568 that divides 48548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 467, 934, 1868, 3736, 6071, 12142, 24284

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48548 and 48568. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48548 and 48568 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48548 and 48568