What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47169 and 47181?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47169 and 47181 is 3.

GCF(47169,47181) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47169 and 47181, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47169 and 47181.

How to find the GCF of 47169 and 47181?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47169 and 47181. After we will calculate the factors of 47169 and 47181 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47169

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

47169 = 3³ × 1747¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47181

Prime factors of 47181 are 3, 15727. Prime factorization of 47181 in exponential form is:

47181 = 3¹ × 15727¹

Step-3: Factors of 47169

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 47181

List of positive integer factors of 47181 that divides 47169 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15727

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47169 and 47181. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47169 and 47181 is 3.

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