What is the Greatest Common Factor of 48786 and 48798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 48786 and 48798 is 6.

GCF(48786,48798) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 48786 and 48798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 48786 and 48798.

How to find the GCF of 48786 and 48798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 48786 and 48798. After we will calculate the factors of 48786 and 48798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 48786

Prime factors of 48786 are 2, 3, 47, 173. Prime factorization of 48786 in exponential form is:

48786 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48798

Prime factors of 48798 are 2, 3, 2711. Prime factorization of 48798 in exponential form is:

48798 = 2¹ × 3² × 2711¹

Step-3: Factors of 48786

List of positive integer factors of 48786 that divides 48786 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 141, 173, 282, 346, 519, 1038, 8131, 16262, 24393

Step-4: Factors of 48798

List of positive integer factors of 48798 that divides 48786 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2711, 5422, 8133, 16266, 24399

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 48786 and 48798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 48786 and 48798 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 48786 and 48798