What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47372 and 47388?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47372 and 47388 is 4.

GCF(47372,47388) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47372 and 47388, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47372 and 47388.

How to find the GCF of 47372 and 47388?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47372 and 47388. After we will calculate the factors of 47372 and 47388 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 47388

Prime factors of 47388 are 2, 3, 11, 359. Prime factorization of 47388 in exponential form is:

47388 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 359¹

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 47388

List of positive integer factors of 47388 that divides 47372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 359, 718, 1077, 1436, 2154, 3949, 4308, 7898, 11847, 15796, 23694

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47372 and 47388. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47372 and 47388 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47372 and 47388