What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47498 and 47515?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47498 and 47515 is 17.

GCF(47498,47515) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47498 and 47515, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47498 and 47515.

How to find the GCF of 47498 and 47515?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47498 and 47515. After we will calculate the factors of 47498 and 47515 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 47515

Prime factors of 47515 are 5, 13, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 47515 in exponential form is:

47515 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 17¹ × 43¹

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 47515

List of positive integer factors of 47515 that divides 47498 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 17, 43, 65, 85, 215, 221, 559, 731, 1105, 2795, 3655, 9503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47498 and 47515. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47498 and 47515 is 17.

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