What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47448 and 47456?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47448 and 47456 is 8.

GCF(47448,47456) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47448 and 47456, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47448 and 47456.

How to find the GCF of 47448 and 47456?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47448 and 47456. After we will calculate the factors of 47448 and 47456 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 47456

Prime factors of 47456 are 2, 1483. Prime factorization of 47456 in exponential form is:

47456 = 2⁵ × 1483¹

Step-3: Factors of 47448

List of positive integer factors of 47448 that divides 47448 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

Step-4: Factors of 47456

List of positive integer factors of 47456 that divides 47448 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1483, 2966, 5932, 11864, 23728

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47448 and 47456. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47448 and 47456 is 8.

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