What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48642 and 48652?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48642 and 48652 is 2.

GCF(48642,48652) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48642 and 48652, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48642 and 48652.

How to find the GCF of 48642 and 48652?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48642 and 48652. After we will calculate the factors of 48642 and 48652 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48642

Prime factors of 48642 are 2, 3, 11, 67. Prime factorization of 48642 in exponential form is:

48642 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11² × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48652

Prime factors of 48652 are 2, 12163. Prime factorization of 48652 in exponential form is:

48652 = 2² × 12163¹

Step-3: Factors of 48642

List of positive integer factors of 48642 that divides 48642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 67, 121, 134, 201, 242, 363, 402, 726, 737, 1474, 2211, 4422, 8107, 16214, 24321

Step-4: Factors of 48652

List of positive integer factors of 48652 that divides 48642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12163, 24326

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48642 and 48652. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48642 and 48652 is 2.

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