What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47157 and 47169?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47157 and 47169 is 3.

GCF(47157,47169) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47157 and 47169, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47157 and 47169.

How to find the GCF of 47157 and 47169?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47157 and 47169. After we will calculate the factors of 47157 and 47169 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 47169

Prime factors of 47169 are 3, 1747. Prime factorization of 47169 in exponential form is:

47169 = 3³ × 1747¹

Step-3: Factors of 47157

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 47169

List of positive integer factors of 47169 that divides 47157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1747, 5241, 15723

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47157 and 47169. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47157 and 47169 is 3.

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