What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48662 and 48668?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48662 and 48668 is 2.

GCF(48662,48668) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48662 and 48668, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48662 and 48668.

How to find the GCF of 48662 and 48668?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48662 and 48668. After we will calculate the factors of 48662 and 48668 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48662

Prime factors of 48662 are 2, 29, 839. Prime factorization of 48662 in exponential form is:

48662 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 839¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48668

Prime factors of 48668 are 2, 23. Prime factorization of 48668 in exponential form is:

48668 = 2² × 23³

Step-3: Factors of 48662

List of positive integer factors of 48662 that divides 48662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 839, 1678, 24331

Step-4: Factors of 48668

List of positive integer factors of 48668 that divides 48662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 529, 1058, 2116, 12167, 24334

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48662 and 48668. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48662 and 48668 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48662 and 48668