What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47494 and 47498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47494 and 47498 is 2.

GCF(47494,47498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47494 and 47498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47494 and 47498.

How to find the GCF of 47494 and 47498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47494 and 47498. After we will calculate the factors of 47494 and 47498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47494

Prime factors of 47494 are 2, 23747. Prime factorization of 47494 in exponential form is:

47494 = 2¹ × 23747¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47498

Prime factors of 47498 are 2, 11, 17, 127. Prime factorization of 47498 in exponential form is:

47498 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 47494

List of positive integer factors of 47494 that divides 47494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23747

Step-4: Factors of 47498

List of positive integer factors of 47498 that divides 47494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 34, 127, 187, 254, 374, 1397, 2159, 2794, 4318, 23749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47494 and 47498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47494 and 47498 is 2.

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