What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47571 and 47586?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47571 and 47586 is 3.

GCF(47571,47586) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47571 and 47586, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47571 and 47586.

How to find the GCF of 47571 and 47586?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47571 and 47586. After we will calculate the factors of 47571 and 47586 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47571

Prime factors of 47571 are 3, 101, 157. Prime factorization of 47571 in exponential form is:

47571 = 3¹ × 101¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47586

Prime factors of 47586 are 2, 3, 7, 11, 103. Prime factorization of 47586 in exponential form is:

47586 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 47571

List of positive integer factors of 47571 that divides 47571 without a remainder.

1, 3, 101, 157, 303, 471, 15857

Step-4: Factors of 47586

List of positive integer factors of 47586 that divides 47571 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 21, 22, 33, 42, 66, 77, 103, 154, 206, 231, 309, 462, 618, 721, 1133, 1442, 2163, 2266, 3399, 4326, 6798, 7931, 15862, 23793

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47571 and 47586. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47571 and 47586 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47571 and 47586