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The GCF of 16 24 and 48 is 8.

Factors of 16: 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16

Factors of 24: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24

Factors of 48: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, and 48

Common factors of 16, 24, and 48: 1, 2, 4, and 8

A simpler process is by the method of prime factorization:

The prime factors of these numbers are

16 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2

24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3

48 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3

Their common factors are 2 x 2 x 2 = 8
The GCF is 8.

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