What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47181 and 47196?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47181 and 47196 is 3.

GCF(47181,47196) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47181 and 47196, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47181 and 47196.

How to find the GCF of 47181 and 47196?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47181 and 47196. After we will calculate the factors of 47181 and 47196 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47181

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

47181 = 3¹ × 15727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47196

Prime factors of 47196 are 2, 3, 19, 23. Prime factorization of 47196 in exponential form is:

47196 = 2² × 3³ × 19¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 47181

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

1, 3, 15727

Step-4: Factors of 47196

List of positive integer factors of 47196 that divides 47181 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 19, 23, 27, 36, 38, 46, 54, 57, 69, 76, 92, 108, 114, 138, 171, 207, 228, 276, 342, 414, 437, 513, 621, 684, 828, 874, 1026, 1242, 1311, 1748, 2052, 2484, 2622, 3933, 5244, 7866, 11799, 15732, 23598

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47181 and 47196. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47181 and 47196 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47181 and 47196