What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47498 and 47504?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47498 and 47504 is 2.

GCF(47498,47504) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47498 and 47504, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47498 and 47504.

How to find the GCF of 47498 and 47504?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47498 and 47504. After we will calculate the factors of 47498 and 47504 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 47504

Prime factors of 47504 are 2, 2969. Prime factorization of 47504 in exponential form is:

47504 = 2⁴ × 2969¹

Step-3: Factors of 47498

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 47504

List of positive integer factors of 47504 that divides 47498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2969, 5938, 11876, 23752

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47498 and 47504. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47498 and 47504 is 2.

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