What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47346 and 47362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47346 and 47362 is 2.

GCF(47346,47362) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47346 and 47362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47346 and 47362.

How to find the GCF of 47346 and 47362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47346 and 47362. After we will calculate the factors of 47346 and 47362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47346

Prime factors of 47346 are 2, 3, 13, 607. Prime factorization of 47346 in exponential form is:

47346 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 607¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47362

Prime factors of 47362 are 2, 7, 17, 199. Prime factorization of 47362 in exponential form is:

47362 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 47346

List of positive integer factors of 47346 that divides 47346 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 607, 1214, 1821, 3642, 7891, 15782, 23673

Step-4: Factors of 47362

List of positive integer factors of 47362 that divides 47346 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 119, 199, 238, 398, 1393, 2786, 3383, 6766, 23681

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47346 and 47362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47346 and 47362 is 2.

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