What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48556 and 48568?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48556 and 48568 is 4.

GCF(48556,48568) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48556 and 48568, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48556 and 48568.

How to find the GCF of 48556 and 48568?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48556 and 48568. After we will calculate the factors of 48556 and 48568 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48556

Prime factors of 48556 are 2, 61, 199. Prime factorization of 48556 in exponential form is:

48556 = 2² × 61¹ × 199¹

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 48556

List of positive integer factors of 48556 that divides 48556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 61, 122, 199, 244, 398, 796, 12139, 24278

Step-4: Factors of 48568

List of positive integer factors of 48568 that divides 48556 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 48556 and 48568. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48556 and 48568 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48556 and 48568