What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48981 and 48988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48981 and 48988 is 1.

GCF(48981,48988) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48981 and 48988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48981 and 48988.

How to find the GCF of 48981 and 48988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48981 and 48988. After we will calculate the factors of 48981 and 48988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48981

Prime factors of 48981 are 3, 29, 563. Prime factorization of 48981 in exponential form is:

48981 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48988

Prime factors of 48988 are 2, 37, 331. Prime factorization of 48988 in exponential form is:

48988 = 2² × 37¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 48981

List of positive integer factors of 48981 that divides 48981 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 563, 1689, 16327

Step-4: Factors of 48988

List of positive integer factors of 48988 that divides 48981 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 148, 331, 662, 1324, 12247, 24494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48981 and 48988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48981 and 48988 is 1.

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