What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47001 and 47007?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47001 and 47007 is 3.

GCF(47001,47007) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47001 and 47007, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47001 and 47007.

How to find the GCF of 47001 and 47007?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47001 and 47007. After we will calculate the factors of 47001 and 47007 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47001

Prime factors of 47001 are 3, 15667. Prime factorization of 47001 in exponential form is:

47001 = 3¹ × 15667¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47007

Prime factors of 47007 are 3, 1741. Prime factorization of 47007 in exponential form is:

47007 = 3³ × 1741¹

Step-3: Factors of 47001

List of positive integer factors of 47001 that divides 47001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15667

Step-4: Factors of 47007

List of positive integer factors of 47007 that divides 47001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1741, 5223, 15669

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47001 and 47007. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47001 and 47007 is 3.

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