What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4878 and 4892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4878 and 4892 is 2.

GCF(4878,4892) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4878 and 4892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4878 and 4892.

How to find the GCF of 4878 and 4892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4878 and 4892. After we will calculate the factors of 4878 and 4892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4878

Prime factors of 4878 are 2, 3, 271. Prime factorization of 4878 in exponential form is:

4878 = 2¹ × 3² × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4892

Prime factors of 4892 are 2, 1223. Prime factorization of 4892 in exponential form is:

4892 = 2² × 1223¹

Step-3: Factors of 4878

List of positive integer factors of 4878 that divides 4878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 271, 542, 813, 1626, 2439

Step-4: Factors of 4892

List of positive integer factors of 4892 that divides 4878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1223, 2446

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4878 and 4892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4878 and 4892 is 2.

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