What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48729 and 48738?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48729 and 48738 is 3.

GCF(48729,48738) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48729 and 48738, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48729 and 48738.

How to find the GCF of 48729 and 48738?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48729 and 48738. After we will calculate the factors of 48729 and 48738 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48729

Prime factors of 48729 are 3, 37, 439. Prime factorization of 48729 in exponential form is:

48729 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48738

Prime factors of 48738 are 2, 3, 8123. Prime factorization of 48738 in exponential form is:

48738 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 8123¹

Step-3: Factors of 48729

List of positive integer factors of 48729 that divides 48729 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 439, 1317, 16243

Step-4: Factors of 48738

List of positive integer factors of 48738 that divides 48729 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 8123, 16246, 24369

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48729 and 48738. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48729 and 48738 is 3.

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