What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48820 and 48838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48820 and 48838 is 2.

GCF(48820,48838) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48820 and 48838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48820 and 48838.

How to find the GCF of 48820 and 48838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48820 and 48838. After we will calculate the factors of 48820 and 48838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48820

Prime factors of 48820 are 2, 5, 2441. Prime factorization of 48820 in exponential form is:

48820 = 2² × 5¹ × 2441¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48838

Prime factors of 48838 are 2, 24419. Prime factorization of 48838 in exponential form is:

48838 = 2¹ × 24419¹

Step-3: Factors of 48820

List of positive integer factors of 48820 that divides 48820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2441, 4882, 9764, 12205, 24410

Step-4: Factors of 48838

List of positive integer factors of 48838 that divides 48820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24419

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48820 and 48838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48820 and 48838 is 2.

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