What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47764 and 47776?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47764 and 47776 is 4.

GCF(47764,47776) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47764 and 47776, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47764 and 47776.

How to find the GCF of 47764 and 47776?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47764 and 47776. After we will calculate the factors of 47764 and 47776 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47764

Prime factors of 47764 are 2, 11941. Prime factorization of 47764 in exponential form is:

47764 = 2² × 11941¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47776

Prime factors of 47776 are 2, 1493. Prime factorization of 47776 in exponential form is:

47776 = 2⁵ × 1493¹

Step-3: Factors of 47764

List of positive integer factors of 47764 that divides 47764 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11941, 23882

Step-4: Factors of 47776

List of positive integer factors of 47776 that divides 47764 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1493, 2986, 5972, 11944, 23888

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47764 and 47776. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47764 and 47776 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47764 and 47776