What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47204 and 47208?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47204 and 47208 is 4.

GCF(47204,47208) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47204 and 47208, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47204 and 47208.

How to find the GCF of 47204 and 47208?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47204 and 47208. After we will calculate the factors of 47204 and 47208 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47204

Prime factors of 47204 are 2, 11801. Prime factorization of 47204 in exponential form is:

47204 = 2² × 11801¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47208

Prime factors of 47208 are 2, 3, 7, 281. Prime factorization of 47208 in exponential form is:

47208 = 2³ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 47204

List of positive integer factors of 47204 that divides 47204 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11801, 23602

Step-4: Factors of 47208

List of positive integer factors of 47208 that divides 47204 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 28, 42, 56, 84, 168, 281, 562, 843, 1124, 1686, 1967, 2248, 3372, 3934, 5901, 6744, 7868, 11802, 15736, 23604

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47204 and 47208. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47204 and 47208 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47204 and 47208