What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48978 and 48994?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48978 and 48994 is 2.

GCF(48978,48994) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48978 and 48994, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48978 and 48994.

How to find the GCF of 48978 and 48994?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48978 and 48994. After we will calculate the factors of 48978 and 48994 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48978

Prime factors of 48978 are 2, 3, 907. Prime factorization of 48978 in exponential form is:

48978 = 2¹ × 3³ × 907¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48994

Prime factors of 48994 are 2, 11, 17, 131. Prime factorization of 48994 in exponential form is:

48994 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 48978

List of positive integer factors of 48978 that divides 48978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 907, 1814, 2721, 5442, 8163, 16326, 24489

Step-4: Factors of 48994

List of positive integer factors of 48994 that divides 48978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 34, 131, 187, 262, 374, 1441, 2227, 2882, 4454, 24497

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48978 and 48994. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48978 and 48994 is 2.

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