What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48696 and 48702?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48696 and 48702 is 6.

GCF(48696,48702) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48696 and 48702, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48696 and 48702.

How to find the GCF of 48696 and 48702?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48696 and 48702. After we will calculate the factors of 48696 and 48702 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48696

Prime factors of 48696 are 2, 3, 2029. Prime factorization of 48696 in exponential form is:

48696 = 2³ × 3¹ × 2029¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48702

Prime factors of 48702 are 2, 3, 8117. Prime factorization of 48702 in exponential form is:

48702 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8117¹

Step-3: Factors of 48696

List of positive integer factors of 48696 that divides 48696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2029, 4058, 6087, 8116, 12174, 16232, 24348

Step-4: Factors of 48702

List of positive integer factors of 48702 that divides 48696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8117, 16234, 24351

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48696 and 48702. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48696 and 48702 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48696 and 48702