What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47656 and 47660?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47656 and 47660 is 4.

GCF(47656,47660) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47656 and 47660, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47656 and 47660.

How to find the GCF of 47656 and 47660?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47656 and 47660. After we will calculate the factors of 47656 and 47660 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47656

Prime factors of 47656 are 2, 7, 23, 37. Prime factorization of 47656 in exponential form is:

47656 = 2³ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47660

Prime factors of 47660 are 2, 5, 2383. Prime factorization of 47660 in exponential form is:

47660 = 2² × 5¹ × 2383¹

Step-3: Factors of 47656

List of positive integer factors of 47656 that divides 47656 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 23, 28, 37, 46, 56, 74, 92, 148, 161, 184, 259, 296, 322, 518, 644, 851, 1036, 1288, 1702, 2072, 3404, 5957, 6808, 11914, 23828

Step-4: Factors of 47660

List of positive integer factors of 47660 that divides 47656 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2383, 4766, 9532, 11915, 23830

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47656 and 47660. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47656 and 47660 is 4.

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