What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48965 and 48970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48965 and 48970 is 5.

GCF(48965,48970) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48965 and 48970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48965 and 48970.

How to find the GCF of 48965 and 48970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48965 and 48970. After we will calculate the factors of 48965 and 48970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 48970

Prime factors of 48970 are 2, 5, 59, 83. Prime factorization of 48970 in exponential form is:

48970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 59¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 48965

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 48970

List of positive integer factors of 48970 that divides 48965 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 59, 83, 118, 166, 295, 415, 590, 830, 4897, 9794, 24485

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48965 and 48970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48965 and 48970 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48965 and 48970