What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47146 and 47157?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47146 and 47157 is 11.

GCF(47146,47157) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47146 and 47157, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47146 and 47157.

How to find the GCF of 47146 and 47157?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47146 and 47157. After we will calculate the factors of 47146 and 47157 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47146

Prime factors of 47146 are 2, 11, 2143. Prime factorization of 47146 in exponential form is:

47146 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2143¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47157

Prime factors of 47157 are 3, 11, 1429. Prime factorization of 47157 in exponential form is:

47157 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1429¹

Step-3: Factors of 47146

List of positive integer factors of 47146 that divides 47146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2143, 4286, 23573

Step-4: Factors of 47157

List of positive integer factors of 47157 that divides 47146 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1429, 4287, 15719

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47146 and 47157. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47146 and 47157 is 11.

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