What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47396 and 47402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47396 and 47402 is 2.

GCF(47396,47402) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47396 and 47402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47396 and 47402.

How to find the GCF of 47396 and 47402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47396 and 47402. After we will calculate the factors of 47396 and 47402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47396

Prime factors of 47396 are 2, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 47396 in exponential form is:

47396 = 2² × 17² × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47402

Prime factors of 47402 are 2, 137, 173. Prime factorization of 47402 in exponential form is:

47402 = 2¹ × 137¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 47396

List of positive integer factors of 47396 that divides 47396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 41, 68, 82, 164, 289, 578, 697, 1156, 1394, 2788, 11849, 23698

Step-4: Factors of 47402

List of positive integer factors of 47402 that divides 47396 without a remainder.

1, 2, 137, 173, 274, 346, 23701

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47396 and 47402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47396 and 47402 is 2.

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