What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48639 and 48656?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48639 and 48656 is 1.

GCF(48639,48656) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48639 and 48656, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48639 and 48656.

How to find the GCF of 48639 and 48656?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48639 and 48656. After we will calculate the factors of 48639 and 48656 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48639

Prime factors of 48639 are 3, 31, 523. Prime factorization of 48639 in exponential form is:

48639 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48656

Prime factors of 48656 are 2, 3041. Prime factorization of 48656 in exponential form is:

48656 = 2⁴ × 3041¹

Step-3: Factors of 48639

List of positive integer factors of 48639 that divides 48639 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 523, 1569, 16213

Step-4: Factors of 48656

List of positive integer factors of 48656 that divides 48639 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3041, 6082, 12164, 24328

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48639 and 48656. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48639 and 48656 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48639 and 48656