What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47490 and 47499?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47490 and 47499 is 3.

GCF(47490,47499) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47490 and 47499, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47490 and 47499.

How to find the GCF of 47490 and 47499?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47490 and 47499. After we will calculate the factors of 47490 and 47499 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47490

Prime factors of 47490 are 2, 3, 5, 1583. Prime factorization of 47490 in exponential form is:

47490 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1583¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47499

Prime factors of 47499 are 3, 71, 223. Prime factorization of 47499 in exponential form is:

47499 = 3¹ × 71¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 47490

List of positive integer factors of 47490 that divides 47490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 1583, 3166, 4749, 7915, 9498, 15830, 23745

Step-4: Factors of 47499

List of positive integer factors of 47499 that divides 47490 without a remainder.

1, 3, 71, 213, 223, 669, 15833

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47490 and 47499. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47490 and 47499 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47490 and 47499