What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48878 and 48891?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48878 and 48891 is 1.

GCF(48878,48891) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48878 and 48891, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48878 and 48891.

How to find the GCF of 48878 and 48891?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48878 and 48891. After we will calculate the factors of 48878 and 48891 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48878

Prime factors of 48878 are 2, 24439. Prime factorization of 48878 in exponential form is:

48878 = 2¹ × 24439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48891

Prime factors of 48891 are 3, 43, 379. Prime factorization of 48891 in exponential form is:

48891 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 48878

List of positive integer factors of 48878 that divides 48878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24439

Step-4: Factors of 48891

List of positive integer factors of 48891 that divides 48878 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 379, 1137, 16297

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48878 and 48891. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48878 and 48891 is 1.

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