What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48971 and 48980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48971 and 48980 is 1.

GCF(48971,48980) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48971 and 48980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48971 and 48980.

How to find the GCF of 48971 and 48980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48971 and 48980. After we will calculate the factors of 48971 and 48980 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48971

Prime factors of 48971 are 13, 3767. Prime factorization of 48971 in exponential form is:

48971 = 13¹ × 3767¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48980

Prime factors of 48980 are 2, 5, 31, 79. Prime factorization of 48980 in exponential form is:

48980 = 2² × 5¹ × 31¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 48971

List of positive integer factors of 48971 that divides 48971 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3767

Step-4: Factors of 48980

List of positive integer factors of 48980 that divides 48971 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 31, 62, 79, 124, 155, 158, 310, 316, 395, 620, 790, 1580, 2449, 4898, 9796, 12245, 24490

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48971 and 48980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48971 and 48980 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48971 and 48980