What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47044 and 47062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47044 and 47062 is 2.

GCF(47044,47062) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47044 and 47062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47044 and 47062.

How to find the GCF of 47044 and 47062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47044 and 47062. After we will calculate the factors of 47044 and 47062 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 47062

Prime factors of 47062 are 2, 23531. Prime factorization of 47062 in exponential form is:

47062 = 2¹ × 23531¹

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 47062

List of positive integer factors of 47062 that divides 47044 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47044 and 47062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47044 and 47062 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47044 and 47062