What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47667 and 47679?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47667 and 47679 is 3.

GCF(47667,47679) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47667 and 47679, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47667 and 47679.

How to find the GCF of 47667 and 47679?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47667 and 47679. After we will calculate the factors of 47667 and 47679 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47667

Prime factors of 47667 are 3, 15889. Prime factorization of 47667 in exponential form is:

47667 = 3¹ × 15889¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47679

Prime factors of 47679 are 3, 23, 691. Prime factorization of 47679 in exponential form is:

47679 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 691¹

Step-3: Factors of 47667

List of positive integer factors of 47667 that divides 47667 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15889

Step-4: Factors of 47679

List of positive integer factors of 47679 that divides 47667 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 691, 2073, 15893

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47667 and 47679. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47667 and 47679 is 3.

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