What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47185 and 47205?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47185 and 47205 is 5.

GCF(47185,47205) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47185 and 47205, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47185 and 47205.

How to find the GCF of 47185 and 47205?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47185 and 47205. After we will calculate the factors of 47185 and 47205 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47185

Prime factors of 47185 are 5, 9437. Prime factorization of 47185 in exponential form is:

47185 = 5¹ × 9437¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47205

Prime factors of 47205 are 3, 5, 1049. Prime factorization of 47205 in exponential form is:

47205 = 3² × 5¹ × 1049¹

Step-3: Factors of 47185

List of positive integer factors of 47185 that divides 47185 without a remainder.

1, 5, 9437

Step-4: Factors of 47205

List of positive integer factors of 47205 that divides 47185 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1049, 3147, 5245, 9441, 15735

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47185 and 47205. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47185 and 47205 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47185 and 47205