What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47321 and 47338?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47321 and 47338 is 1.

GCF(47321,47338) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47321 and 47338, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47321 and 47338.

How to find the GCF of 47321 and 47338?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47321 and 47338. After we will calculate the factors of 47321 and 47338 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47321

Prime factors of 47321 are 79, 599. Prime factorization of 47321 in exponential form is:

47321 = 79¹ × 599¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47338

Prime factors of 47338 are 2, 23669. Prime factorization of 47338 in exponential form is:

47338 = 2¹ × 23669¹

Step-3: Factors of 47321

List of positive integer factors of 47321 that divides 47321 without a remainder.

1, 79, 599

Step-4: Factors of 47338

List of positive integer factors of 47338 that divides 47321 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23669

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47321 and 47338. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47321 and 47338 is 1.

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