What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47271 and 47280?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47271 and 47280 is 3.

GCF(47271,47280) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47271 and 47280, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47271 and 47280.

How to find the GCF of 47271 and 47280?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47271 and 47280. After we will calculate the factors of 47271 and 47280 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47271

Prime factors of 47271 are 3, 7, 2251. Prime factorization of 47271 in exponential form is:

47271 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47280

Prime factors of 47280 are 2, 3, 5, 197. Prime factorization of 47280 in exponential form is:

47280 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 47271

List of positive integer factors of 47271 that divides 47271 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2251, 6753, 15757

Step-4: Factors of 47280

List of positive integer factors of 47280 that divides 47271 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60, 80, 120, 197, 240, 394, 591, 788, 985, 1182, 1576, 1970, 2364, 2955, 3152, 3940, 4728, 5910, 7880, 9456, 11820, 15760, 23640

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47271 and 47280. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47271 and 47280 is 3.

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