What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47596 and 47612?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47596 and 47612 is 4.

GCF(47596,47612) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47596 and 47612, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47596 and 47612.

How to find the GCF of 47596 and 47612?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47596 and 47612. After we will calculate the factors of 47596 and 47612 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47596

Prime factors of 47596 are 2, 73, 163. Prime factorization of 47596 in exponential form is:

47596 = 2² × 73¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47612

Prime factors of 47612 are 2, 11903. Prime factorization of 47612 in exponential form is:

47612 = 2² × 11903¹

Step-3: Factors of 47596

List of positive integer factors of 47596 that divides 47596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 73, 146, 163, 292, 326, 652, 11899, 23798

Step-4: Factors of 47612

List of positive integer factors of 47612 that divides 47596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11903, 23806

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47596 and 47612. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47596 and 47612 is 4.

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