What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47142 and 47161?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47142 and 47161 is 1.

GCF(47142,47161) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47142 and 47161, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47142 and 47161.

How to find the GCF of 47142 and 47161?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47142 and 47161. After we will calculate the factors of 47142 and 47161 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47142

Prime factors of 47142 are 2, 3, 97. Prime factorization of 47142 in exponential form is:

47142 = 2¹ × 3⁵ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47161

Prime factors of 47161 are 47161. Prime factorization of 47161 in exponential form is:

47161 = 47161¹

Step-3: Factors of 47142

List of positive integer factors of 47142 that divides 47142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 97, 162, 194, 243, 291, 486, 582, 873, 1746, 2619, 5238, 7857, 15714, 23571

Step-4: Factors of 47161

List of positive integer factors of 47161 that divides 47142 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47142 and 47161. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47142 and 47161 is 1.

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