What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47556 and 47566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47556 and 47566 is 2.

GCF(47556,47566) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47556 and 47566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47556 and 47566.

How to find the GCF of 47556 and 47566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47556 and 47566. After we will calculate the factors of 47556 and 47566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47556

Prime factors of 47556 are 2, 3, 1321. Prime factorization of 47556 in exponential form is:

47556 = 2² × 3² × 1321¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47566

Prime factors of 47566 are 2, 17, 1399. Prime factorization of 47566 in exponential form is:

47566 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1399¹

Step-3: Factors of 47556

List of positive integer factors of 47556 that divides 47556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1321, 2642, 3963, 5284, 7926, 11889, 15852, 23778

Step-4: Factors of 47566

List of positive integer factors of 47566 that divides 47556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1399, 2798, 23783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47556 and 47566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47556 and 47566 is 2.

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