What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47240 and 47246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47240 and 47246 is 2.

GCF(47240,47246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47240 and 47246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47240 and 47246.

How to find the GCF of 47240 and 47246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47240 and 47246. After we will calculate the factors of 47240 and 47246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47240

Prime factors of 47240 are 2, 5, 1181. Prime factorization of 47240 in exponential form is:

47240 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47246

Prime factors of 47246 are 2, 23623. Prime factorization of 47246 in exponential form is:

47246 = 2¹ × 23623¹

Step-3: Factors of 47240

List of positive integer factors of 47240 that divides 47240 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1181, 2362, 4724, 5905, 9448, 11810, 23620

Step-4: Factors of 47246

List of positive integer factors of 47246 that divides 47240 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47240 and 47246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47240 and 47246 is 2.

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