What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47542 and 47558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47542 and 47558 is 2.

GCF(47542,47558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47542 and 47558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47542 and 47558.

How to find the GCF of 47542 and 47558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47542 and 47558. After we will calculate the factors of 47542 and 47558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47542

Prime factors of 47542 are 2, 11, 2161. Prime factorization of 47542 in exponential form is:

47542 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2161¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47558

Prime factors of 47558 are 2, 7, 43, 79. Prime factorization of 47558 in exponential form is:

47558 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 43¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 47542

List of positive integer factors of 47542 that divides 47542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2161, 4322, 23771

Step-4: Factors of 47558

List of positive integer factors of 47558 that divides 47542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 43, 79, 86, 158, 301, 553, 602, 1106, 3397, 6794, 23779

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47542 and 47558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47542 and 47558 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47542 and 47558