What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48566 and 48572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48566 and 48572 is 2.

GCF(48566,48572) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48566 and 48572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48566 and 48572.

How to find the GCF of 48566 and 48572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48566 and 48572. After we will calculate the factors of 48566 and 48572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48566

Prime factors of 48566 are 2, 7, 3469. Prime factorization of 48566 in exponential form is:

48566 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3469¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48572

Prime factors of 48572 are 2, 12143. Prime factorization of 48572 in exponential form is:

48572 = 2² × 12143¹

Step-3: Factors of 48566

List of positive integer factors of 48566 that divides 48566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3469, 6938, 24283

Step-4: Factors of 48572

List of positive integer factors of 48572 that divides 48566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12143, 24286

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48566 and 48572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48566 and 48572 is 2.

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