What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48596 and 48603?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48596 and 48603 is 1.

GCF(48596,48603) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48596 and 48603, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48596 and 48603.

How to find the GCF of 48596 and 48603?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48596 and 48603. After we will calculate the factors of 48596 and 48603 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48596

Prime factors of 48596 are 2, 12149. Prime factorization of 48596 in exponential form is:

48596 = 2² × 12149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48603

Prime factors of 48603 are 3, 17, 953. Prime factorization of 48603 in exponential form is:

48603 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 953¹

Step-3: Factors of 48596

List of positive integer factors of 48596 that divides 48596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12149, 24298

Step-4: Factors of 48603

List of positive integer factors of 48603 that divides 48596 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 953, 2859, 16201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48596 and 48603. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48596 and 48603 is 1.

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