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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 470 and 487?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 470 and 487 is 1.

GCF(470,487) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 470 and 487, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 470 and 487.

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How to find the GCF of 470 and 487?

We will first find the prime factorization of 470 and 487. After we will calculate the factors of 470 and 487 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 470

Prime factors of 470 are 2, 5, 47. Prime factorization of 470 in exponential form is:

470 = 21 × 51 × 471

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 487

Prime factors of 487 are 487. Prime factorization of 487 in exponential form is:

487 = 4871

Step-3: Factors of 470

List of positive integer factors of 470 that divides 470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 47, 94, 235

Step-4: Factors of 487

List of positive integer factors of 487 that divides 470 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 470 and 487. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 470 and 487 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 470 and 487