What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48901 and 48918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48901 and 48918 is 1.

GCF(48901,48918) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48901 and 48918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48901 and 48918.

How to find the GCF of 48901 and 48918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48901 and 48918. After we will calculate the factors of 48901 and 48918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48901

Prime factors of 48901 are 79, 619. Prime factorization of 48901 in exponential form is:

48901 = 79¹ × 619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48918

Prime factors of 48918 are 2, 3, 31, 263. Prime factorization of 48918 in exponential form is:

48918 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 48901

List of positive integer factors of 48901 that divides 48901 without a remainder.

1, 79, 619

Step-4: Factors of 48918

List of positive integer factors of 48918 that divides 48901 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 186, 263, 526, 789, 1578, 8153, 16306, 24459

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48901 and 48918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48901 and 48918 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48901 and 48918