What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48945 and 48962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48945 and 48962 is 1.

GCF(48945,48962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48945 and 48962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48945 and 48962.

How to find the GCF of 48945 and 48962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48945 and 48962. After we will calculate the factors of 48945 and 48962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48945

Prime factors of 48945 are 3, 5, 13, 251. Prime factorization of 48945 in exponential form is:

48945 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48962

Prime factors of 48962 are 2, 24481. Prime factorization of 48962 in exponential form is:

48962 = 2¹ × 24481¹

Step-3: Factors of 48945

List of positive integer factors of 48945 that divides 48945 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 39, 65, 195, 251, 753, 1255, 3263, 3765, 9789, 16315

Step-4: Factors of 48962

List of positive integer factors of 48962 that divides 48945 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48945 and 48962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48945 and 48962 is 1.

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