What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48870 and 48879?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48870 and 48879 is 9.

GCF(48870,48879) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48870 and 48879, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48870 and 48879.

How to find the GCF of 48870 and 48879?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48870 and 48879. After we will calculate the factors of 48870 and 48879 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48870

Prime factors of 48870 are 2, 3, 5, 181. Prime factorization of 48870 in exponential form is:

48870 = 2¹ × 3³ × 5¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48879

Prime factors of 48879 are 3, 5431. Prime factorization of 48879 in exponential form is:

48879 = 3² × 5431¹

Step-3: Factors of 48870

List of positive integer factors of 48870 that divides 48870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 27, 30, 45, 54, 90, 135, 181, 270, 362, 543, 905, 1086, 1629, 1810, 2715, 3258, 4887, 5430, 8145, 9774, 16290, 24435

Step-4: Factors of 48879

List of positive integer factors of 48879 that divides 48870 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5431, 16293

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48870 and 48879. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48870 and 48879 is 9.

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