What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47756 and 47760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47756 and 47760 is 4.

GCF(47756,47760) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47756 and 47760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47756 and 47760.

How to find the GCF of 47756 and 47760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47756 and 47760. After we will calculate the factors of 47756 and 47760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47756

Prime factors of 47756 are 2, 11939. Prime factorization of 47756 in exponential form is:

47756 = 2² × 11939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47760

Prime factors of 47760 are 2, 3, 5, 199. Prime factorization of 47760 in exponential form is:

47760 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 47756

List of positive integer factors of 47756 that divides 47756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11939, 23878

Step-4: Factors of 47760

List of positive integer factors of 47760 that divides 47756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 48, 60, 80, 120, 199, 240, 398, 597, 796, 995, 1194, 1592, 1990, 2388, 2985, 3184, 3980, 4776, 5970, 7960, 9552, 11940, 15920, 23880

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47756 and 47760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47756 and 47760 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47756 and 47760