What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48879 and 48891?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48879 and 48891 is 3.

GCF(48879,48891) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48879 and 48891, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48879 and 48891.

How to find the GCF of 48879 and 48891?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48879 and 48891. After we will calculate the factors of 48879 and 48891 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48879

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

48879 = 3² × 5431¹

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 48879

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

1, 3, 9, 5431, 16293

Step-4: Factors of 48891

List of positive integer factors of 48891 that divides 48879 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48879 and 48891. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48879 and 48891 is 3.

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