What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47442 and 47448?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47442 and 47448 is 6.

GCF(47442,47448) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47442 and 47448, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47442 and 47448.

How to find the GCF of 47442 and 47448?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47442 and 47448. After we will calculate the factors of 47442 and 47448 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47442

Prime factors of 47442 are 2, 3, 7907. Prime factorization of 47442 in exponential form is:

47442 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7907¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47448

Prime factors of 47448 are 2, 3, 659. Prime factorization of 47448 in exponential form is:

47448 = 2³ × 3² × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 47442

List of positive integer factors of 47442 that divides 47442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7907, 15814, 23721

Step-4: Factors of 47448

List of positive integer factors of 47448 that divides 47442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 659, 1318, 1977, 2636, 3954, 5272, 5931, 7908, 11862, 15816, 23724

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47442 and 47448. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47442 and 47448 is 6.

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