What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48550 and 48554?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48550 and 48554 is 2.

GCF(48550,48554) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48550 and 48554, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48550 and 48554.

How to find the GCF of 48550 and 48554?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48550 and 48554. After we will calculate the factors of 48550 and 48554 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48550

Prime factors of 48550 are 2, 5, 971. Prime factorization of 48550 in exponential form is:

48550 = 2¹ × 5² × 971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48554

Prime factors of 48554 are 2, 11, 2207. Prime factorization of 48554 in exponential form is:

48554 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2207¹

Step-3: Factors of 48550

List of positive integer factors of 48550 that divides 48550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 971, 1942, 4855, 9710, 24275

Step-4: Factors of 48554

List of positive integer factors of 48554 that divides 48550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2207, 4414, 24277

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48550 and 48554. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48550 and 48554 is 2.

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