What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47355 and 47361?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47355 and 47361 is 3.

GCF(47355,47361) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47355 and 47361, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47355 and 47361.

How to find the GCF of 47355 and 47361?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47355 and 47361. After we will calculate the factors of 47355 and 47361 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47355

Prime factors of 47355 are 3, 5, 7, 11, 41. Prime factorization of 47355 in exponential form is:

47355 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47361

Prime factors of 47361 are 3, 15787. Prime factorization of 47361 in exponential form is:

47361 = 3¹ × 15787¹

Step-3: Factors of 47355

List of positive integer factors of 47355 that divides 47355 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 21, 33, 35, 41, 55, 77, 105, 123, 165, 205, 231, 287, 385, 451, 615, 861, 1155, 1353, 1435, 2255, 3157, 4305, 6765, 9471, 15785

Step-4: Factors of 47361

List of positive integer factors of 47361 that divides 47355 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47355 and 47361. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47355 and 47361 is 3.

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