What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47152 and 47159?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47152 and 47159 is 7.

GCF(47152,47159) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47152 and 47159, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47152 and 47159.

How to find the GCF of 47152 and 47159?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47152 and 47159. After we will calculate the factors of 47152 and 47159 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47152

Prime factors of 47152 are 2, 7, 421. Prime factorization of 47152 in exponential form is:

47152 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47159

Prime factors of 47159 are 7, 6737. Prime factorization of 47159 in exponential form is:

47159 = 7¹ × 6737¹

Step-3: Factors of 47152

List of positive integer factors of 47152 that divides 47152 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112, 421, 842, 1684, 2947, 3368, 5894, 6736, 11788, 23576

Step-4: Factors of 47159

List of positive integer factors of 47159 that divides 47152 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6737

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47152 and 47159. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47152 and 47159 is 7.

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