What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47372 and 47378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47372 and 47378 is 2.

GCF(47372,47378) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47372 and 47378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47372 and 47378.

How to find the GCF of 47372 and 47378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47372 and 47378. After we will calculate the factors of 47372 and 47378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47372

Prime factors of 47372 are 2, 13, 911. Prime factorization of 47372 in exponential form is:

47372 = 2² × 13¹ × 911¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47378

Prime factors of 47378 are 2, 23689. Prime factorization of 47378 in exponential form is:

47378 = 2¹ × 23689¹

Step-3: Factors of 47372

List of positive integer factors of 47372 that divides 47372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 911, 1822, 3644, 11843, 23686

Step-4: Factors of 47378

List of positive integer factors of 47378 that divides 47372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23689

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47372 and 47378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47372 and 47378 is 2.

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