What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47532 and 47547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47532 and 47547 is 3.

GCF(47532,47547) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47532 and 47547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47532 and 47547.

How to find the GCF of 47532 and 47547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47532 and 47547. After we will calculate the factors of 47532 and 47547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47532

Prime factors of 47532 are 2, 3, 17, 233. Prime factorization of 47532 in exponential form is:

47532 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47547

Prime factors of 47547 are 3, 587. Prime factorization of 47547 in exponential form is:

47547 = 3⁴ × 587¹

Step-3: Factors of 47532

List of positive integer factors of 47532 that divides 47532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 204, 233, 466, 699, 932, 1398, 2796, 3961, 7922, 11883, 15844, 23766

Step-4: Factors of 47547

List of positive integer factors of 47547 that divides 47532 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 587, 1761, 5283, 15849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47532 and 47547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47532 and 47547 is 3.

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