What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47012 and 47018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47012 and 47018 is 2.

GCF(47012,47018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47012 and 47018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47012 and 47018.

How to find the GCF of 47012 and 47018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47012 and 47018. After we will calculate the factors of 47012 and 47018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47012

Prime factors of 47012 are 2, 7, 23, 73. Prime factorization of 47012 in exponential form is:

47012 = 2² × 7¹ × 23¹ × 73¹

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 47012

List of positive integer factors of 47012 that divides 47012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 23, 28, 46, 73, 92, 146, 161, 292, 322, 511, 644, 1022, 1679, 2044, 3358, 6716, 11753, 23506

Step-4: Factors of 47018

List of positive integer factors of 47018 that divides 47012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23509

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47012 and 47018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47012 and 47018 is 2.

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