What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48918 and 48926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48918 and 48926 is 2.

GCF(48918,48926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48918 and 48926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48918 and 48926.

How to find the GCF of 48918 and 48926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48918 and 48926. After we will calculate the factors of 48918 and 48926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 48926

Prime factors of 48926 are 2, 17, 1439. Prime factorization of 48926 in exponential form is:

48926 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1439¹

Step-3: Factors of 48918

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48926

List of positive integer factors of 48926 that divides 48918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1439, 2878, 24463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48918 and 48926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48918 and 48926 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48918 and 48926