What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47531 and 47537?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47531 and 47537 is 1.

GCF(47531,47537) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47531 and 47537, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47531 and 47537.

How to find the GCF of 47531 and 47537?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47531 and 47537. After we will calculate the factors of 47531 and 47537 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47531

Prime factors of 47531 are 11, 29, 149. Prime factorization of 47531 in exponential form is:

47531 = 11¹ × 29¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47537

Prime factors of 47537 are 7, 6791. Prime factorization of 47537 in exponential form is:

47537 = 7¹ × 6791¹

Step-3: Factors of 47531

List of positive integer factors of 47531 that divides 47531 without a remainder.

1, 11, 29, 149, 319, 1639, 4321

Step-4: Factors of 47537

List of positive integer factors of 47537 that divides 47531 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47531 and 47537. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47531 and 47537 is 1.

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