What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47056 and 47062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47056 and 47062 is 2.

GCF(47056,47062) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47056 and 47062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47056 and 47062.

How to find the GCF of 47056 and 47062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47056 and 47062. After we will calculate the factors of 47056 and 47062 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47056

Prime factors of 47056 are 2, 17, 173. Prime factorization of 47056 in exponential form is:

47056 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 173¹

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 47056

List of positive integer factors of 47056 that divides 47056 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 173, 272, 346, 692, 1384, 2768, 2941, 5882, 11764, 23528

Step-4: Factors of 47062

List of positive integer factors of 47062 that divides 47056 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47056 and 47062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47056 and 47062 is 2.

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