What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47361 and 47379?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47361 and 47379 is 3.

GCF(47361,47379) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47361 and 47379, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47361 and 47379.

How to find the GCF of 47361 and 47379?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47361 and 47379. After we will calculate the factors of 47361 and 47379 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47361

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

47361 = 3¹ × 15787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47379

Prime factors of 47379 are 3, 17, 929. Prime factorization of 47379 in exponential form is:

47379 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 929¹

Step-3: Factors of 47361

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

1, 3, 15787

Step-4: Factors of 47379

List of positive integer factors of 47379 that divides 47361 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 929, 2787, 15793

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47361 and 47379. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47361 and 47379 is 3.

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