What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47242 and 47260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47242 and 47260 is 2.

GCF(47242,47260) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47242 and 47260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47242 and 47260.

How to find the GCF of 47242 and 47260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47242 and 47260. After we will calculate the factors of 47242 and 47260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47242

Prime factors of 47242 are 2, 13, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 47242 in exponential form is:

47242 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47260

Prime factors of 47260 are 2, 5, 17, 139. Prime factorization of 47260 in exponential form is:

47260 = 2² × 5¹ × 17¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 47242

List of positive integer factors of 47242 that divides 47242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 23, 26, 46, 79, 158, 299, 598, 1027, 1817, 2054, 3634, 23621

Step-4: Factors of 47260

List of positive integer factors of 47260 that divides 47242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 34, 68, 85, 139, 170, 278, 340, 556, 695, 1390, 2363, 2780, 4726, 9452, 11815, 23630

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47242 and 47260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47242 and 47260 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47242 and 47260