What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47278 and 47298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47278 and 47298 is 2.

GCF(47278,47298) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47278 and 47298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47278 and 47298.

How to find the GCF of 47278 and 47298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47278 and 47298. After we will calculate the factors of 47278 and 47298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47278

Prime factors of 47278 are 2, 7, 11, 307. Prime factorization of 47278 in exponential form is:

47278 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47298

Prime factors of 47298 are 2, 3, 7883. Prime factorization of 47298 in exponential form is:

47298 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7883¹

Step-3: Factors of 47278

List of positive integer factors of 47278 that divides 47278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 77, 154, 307, 614, 2149, 3377, 4298, 6754, 23639

Step-4: Factors of 47298

List of positive integer factors of 47298 that divides 47278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7883, 15766, 23649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47278 and 47298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47278 and 47298 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47278 and 47298