What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47044 and 47048?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47044 and 47048 is 4.

GCF(47044,47048) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47044 and 47048, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47044 and 47048.

How to find the GCF of 47044 and 47048?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47044 and 47048. After we will calculate the factors of 47044 and 47048 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47044

Prime factors of 47044 are 2, 19, 619. Prime factorization of 47044 in exponential form is:

47044 = 2² × 19¹ × 619¹

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 47044

List of positive integer factors of 47044 that divides 47044 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 619, 1238, 2476, 11761, 23522

Step-4: Factors of 47048

List of positive integer factors of 47048 that divides 47044 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47044 and 47048. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47044 and 47048 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47044 and 47048