What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48981 and 48990?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48981 and 48990 is 3.

GCF(48981,48990) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48981 and 48990, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48981 and 48990.

How to find the GCF of 48981 and 48990?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48981 and 48990. After we will calculate the factors of 48981 and 48990 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 48990

Prime factors of 48990 are 2, 3, 5, 23, 71. Prime factorization of 48990 in exponential form is:

48990 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 71¹

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 48990

List of positive integer factors of 48990 that divides 48981 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 23, 30, 46, 69, 71, 115, 138, 142, 213, 230, 345, 355, 426, 690, 710, 1065, 1633, 2130, 3266, 4899, 8165, 9798, 16330, 24495

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48981 and 48990. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48981 and 48990 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48981 and 48990