What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47247 and 47253?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47247 and 47253 is 3.

GCF(47247,47253) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47247 and 47253, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47247 and 47253.

How to find the GCF of 47247 and 47253?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47247 and 47253. After we will calculate the factors of 47247 and 47253 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47247

Prime factors of 47247 are 3, 15749. Prime factorization of 47247 in exponential form is:

47247 = 3¹ × 15749¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47253

Prime factors of 47253 are 3, 19, 829. Prime factorization of 47253 in exponential form is:

47253 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 829¹

Step-3: Factors of 47247

List of positive integer factors of 47247 that divides 47247 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15749

Step-4: Factors of 47253

List of positive integer factors of 47253 that divides 47247 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 829, 2487, 15751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47247 and 47253. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47247 and 47253 is 3.

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