What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48666 and 48672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48666 and 48672 is 6.

GCF(48666,48672) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48666 and 48672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48666 and 48672.

How to find the GCF of 48666 and 48672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48666 and 48672. After we will calculate the factors of 48666 and 48672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48666

Prime factors of 48666 are 2, 3, 8111. Prime factorization of 48666 in exponential form is:

48666 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8111¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48672

Prime factors of 48672 are 2, 3, 13. Prime factorization of 48672 in exponential form is:

48672 = 2⁵ × 3² × 13²

Step-3: Factors of 48666

List of positive integer factors of 48666 that divides 48666 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8111, 16222, 24333

Step-4: Factors of 48672

List of positive integer factors of 48672 that divides 48666 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 24, 26, 32, 36, 39, 48, 52, 72, 78, 96, 104, 117, 144, 156, 169, 208, 234, 288, 312, 338, 416, 468, 507, 624, 676, 936, 1014, 1248, 1352, 1521, 1872, 2028, 2704, 3042, 3744, 4056, 5408, 6084, 8112, 12168, 16224, 24336

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48666 and 48672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48666 and 48672 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48666 and 48672