What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47696 and 47707?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47696 and 47707 is 11.

GCF(47696,47707) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47696 and 47707, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47696 and 47707.

How to find the GCF of 47696 and 47707?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47696 and 47707. After we will calculate the factors of 47696 and 47707 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47696

Prime factors of 47696 are 2, 11, 271. Prime factorization of 47696 in exponential form is:

47696 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47707

Prime factors of 47707 are 11, 4337. Prime factorization of 47707 in exponential form is:

47707 = 11¹ × 4337¹

Step-3: Factors of 47696

List of positive integer factors of 47696 that divides 47696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 176, 271, 542, 1084, 2168, 2981, 4336, 5962, 11924, 23848

Step-4: Factors of 47707

List of positive integer factors of 47707 that divides 47696 without a remainder.

1, 11, 4337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47696 and 47707. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47696 and 47707 is 11.

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