What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23836 and 23847?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23836 and 23847 is 1.

GCF(23836,23847) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23836 and 23847, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23836 and 23847.

How to find the GCF of 23836 and 23847?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23836 and 23847. After we will calculate the factors of 23836 and 23847 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23836

Prime factors of 23836 are 2, 59, 101. Prime factorization of 23836 in exponential form is:

23836 = 2² × 59¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23847

Prime factors of 23847 are 3, 7949. Prime factorization of 23847 in exponential form is:

23847 = 3¹ × 7949¹

Step-3: Factors of 23836

List of positive integer factors of 23836 that divides 23836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 59, 101, 118, 202, 236, 404, 5959, 11918

Step-4: Factors of 23847

List of positive integer factors of 23847 that divides 23836 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23836 and 23847. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23836 and 23847 is 1.

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