What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48668 and 48680?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48668 and 48680 is 4.

GCF(48668,48680) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48668 and 48680, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48668 and 48680.

How to find the GCF of 48668 and 48680?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48668 and 48680. After we will calculate the factors of 48668 and 48680 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48668

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

48668 = 2² × 23³

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48680

Prime factors of 48680 are 2, 5, 1217. Prime factorization of 48680 in exponential form is:

48680 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1217¹

Step-3: Factors of 48668

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48680

List of positive integer factors of 48680 that divides 48668 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1217, 2434, 4868, 6085, 9736, 12170, 24340

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48668 and 48680. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48668 and 48680 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48668 and 48680