What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47004 and 47018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47004 and 47018 is 2.

GCF(47004,47018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47004 and 47018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47004 and 47018.

How to find the GCF of 47004 and 47018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47004 and 47018. After we will calculate the factors of 47004 and 47018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47004

Prime factors of 47004 are 2, 3, 3917. Prime factorization of 47004 in exponential form is:

47004 = 2² × 3¹ × 3917¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47018

Prime factors of 47018 are 2, 23509. Prime factorization of 47018 in exponential form is:

47018 = 2¹ × 23509¹

Step-3: Factors of 47004

List of positive integer factors of 47004 that divides 47004 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3917, 7834, 11751, 15668, 23502

Step-4: Factors of 47018

List of positive integer factors of 47018 that divides 47004 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23509

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47004 and 47018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47004 and 47018 is 2.

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