What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48678 and 48686?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48678 and 48686 is 2.

GCF(48678,48686) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48678 and 48686, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48678 and 48686.

How to find the GCF of 48678 and 48686?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48678 and 48686. After we will calculate the factors of 48678 and 48686 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48678

Prime factors of 48678 are 2, 3, 7, 19, 61. Prime factorization of 48678 in exponential form is:

48678 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 19¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48686

Prime factors of 48686 are 2, 11, 2213. Prime factorization of 48686 in exponential form is:

48686 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2213¹

Step-3: Factors of 48678

List of positive integer factors of 48678 that divides 48678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 19, 21, 38, 42, 57, 61, 114, 122, 133, 183, 266, 366, 399, 427, 798, 854, 1159, 1281, 2318, 2562, 3477, 6954, 8113, 16226, 24339

Step-4: Factors of 48686

List of positive integer factors of 48686 that divides 48678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2213, 4426, 24343

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48678 and 48686. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48678 and 48686 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48678 and 48686