What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47330 and 47338?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47330 and 47338 is 2.

GCF(47330,47338) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47330 and 47338, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47330 and 47338.

How to find the GCF of 47330 and 47338?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47330 and 47338. After we will calculate the factors of 47330 and 47338 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47330

Prime factors of 47330 are 2, 5, 4733. Prime factorization of 47330 in exponential form is:

47330 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4733¹

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 47330

List of positive integer factors of 47330 that divides 47330 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4733, 9466, 23665

Step-4: Factors of 47338

List of positive integer factors of 47338 that divides 47330 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23669

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47330 and 47338. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47330 and 47338 is 2.

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