What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47146 and 47158?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47146 and 47158 is 2.

GCF(47146,47158) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47146 and 47158, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47146 and 47158.

How to find the GCF of 47146 and 47158?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47146 and 47158. After we will calculate the factors of 47146 and 47158 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 47158

Prime factors of 47158 are 2, 17, 19, 73. Prime factorization of 47158 in exponential form is:

47158 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 19¹ × 73¹

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 47158

List of positive integer factors of 47158 that divides 47146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 19, 34, 38, 73, 146, 323, 646, 1241, 1387, 2482, 2774, 23579

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47146 and 47158. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47146 and 47158 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47146 and 47158