What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47724 and 47742?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47724 and 47742 is 6.

GCF(47724,47742) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47724 and 47742, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47724 and 47742.

How to find the GCF of 47724 and 47742?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47724 and 47742. After we will calculate the factors of 47724 and 47742 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47724

Prime factors of 47724 are 2, 3, 41, 97. Prime factorization of 47724 in exponential form is:

47724 = 2² × 3¹ × 41¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47742

Prime factors of 47742 are 2, 3, 73, 109. Prime factorization of 47742 in exponential form is:

47742 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 73¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 47724

List of positive integer factors of 47724 that divides 47724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 41, 82, 97, 123, 164, 194, 246, 291, 388, 492, 582, 1164, 3977, 7954, 11931, 15908, 23862

Step-4: Factors of 47742

List of positive integer factors of 47742 that divides 47724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 73, 109, 146, 218, 219, 327, 438, 654, 7957, 15914, 23871

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47724 and 47742. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47724 and 47742 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47724 and 47742