What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47212 and 47224?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47212 and 47224 is 4.

GCF(47212,47224) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47212 and 47224, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47212 and 47224.

How to find the GCF of 47212 and 47224?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47212 and 47224. After we will calculate the factors of 47212 and 47224 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47212

Prime factors of 47212 are 2, 11, 29, 37. Prime factorization of 47212 in exponential form is:

47212 = 2² × 11¹ × 29¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47224

Prime factors of 47224 are 2, 5903. Prime factorization of 47224 in exponential form is:

47224 = 2³ × 5903¹

Step-3: Factors of 47212

List of positive integer factors of 47212 that divides 47212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 29, 37, 44, 58, 74, 116, 148, 319, 407, 638, 814, 1073, 1276, 1628, 2146, 4292, 11803, 23606

Step-4: Factors of 47224

List of positive integer factors of 47224 that divides 47212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5903, 11806, 23612

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47212 and 47224. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47212 and 47224 is 4.

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