What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48830 and 48838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48830 and 48838 is 2.

GCF(48830,48838) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48830 and 48838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48830 and 48838.

How to find the GCF of 48830 and 48838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48830 and 48838. After we will calculate the factors of 48830 and 48838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48830

Prime factors of 48830 are 2, 5, 19, 257. Prime factorization of 48830 in exponential form is:

48830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 257¹

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 48830

List of positive integer factors of 48830 that divides 48830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 95, 190, 257, 514, 1285, 2570, 4883, 9766, 24415

Step-4: Factors of 48838

List of positive integer factors of 48838 that divides 48830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24419

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48830 and 48838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48830 and 48838 is 2.

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