What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47038 and 47048?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47038 and 47048 is 2.

GCF(47038,47048) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47038 and 47048, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47038 and 47048.

How to find the GCF of 47038 and 47048?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47038 and 47048. After we will calculate the factors of 47038 and 47048 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47038

Prime factors of 47038 are 2, 29, 811. Prime factorization of 47038 in exponential form is:

47038 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 811¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47048

Prime factors of 47048 are 2, 5881. Prime factorization of 47048 in exponential form is:

47048 = 2³ × 5881¹

Step-3: Factors of 47038

List of positive integer factors of 47038 that divides 47038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 811, 1622, 23519

Step-4: Factors of 47048

List of positive integer factors of 47048 that divides 47038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5881, 11762, 23524

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47038 and 47048. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47038 and 47048 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47038 and 47048