What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48959 and 48965?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48959 and 48965 is 1.

GCF(48959,48965) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48959 and 48965, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48959 and 48965.

How to find the GCF of 48959 and 48965?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48959 and 48965. After we will calculate the factors of 48959 and 48965 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48959

Prime factors of 48959 are 173, 283. Prime factorization of 48959 in exponential form is:

48959 = 173¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48965

Prime factors of 48965 are 5, 7, 1399. Prime factorization of 48965 in exponential form is:

48965 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1399¹

Step-3: Factors of 48959

List of positive integer factors of 48959 that divides 48959 without a remainder.

1, 173, 283

Step-4: Factors of 48965

List of positive integer factors of 48965 that divides 48959 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1399, 6995, 9793

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48959 and 48965. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48959 and 48965 is 1.

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