What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47826 and 47838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47826 and 47838 is 6.

GCF(47826,47838) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47826 and 47838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47826 and 47838.

How to find the GCF of 47826 and 47838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47826 and 47838. After we will calculate the factors of 47826 and 47838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47826

Prime factors of 47826 are 2, 3, 2657. Prime factorization of 47826 in exponential form is:

47826 = 2¹ × 3² × 2657¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47838

Prime factors of 47838 are 2, 3, 7, 17, 67. Prime factorization of 47838 in exponential form is:

47838 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 47826

List of positive integer factors of 47826 that divides 47826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2657, 5314, 7971, 15942, 23913

Step-4: Factors of 47838

List of positive integer factors of 47838 that divides 47826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 17, 21, 34, 42, 51, 67, 102, 119, 134, 201, 238, 357, 402, 469, 714, 938, 1139, 1407, 2278, 2814, 3417, 6834, 7973, 15946, 23919

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47826 and 47838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47826 and 47838 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47826 and 47838