What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47832 and 47836?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47832 and 47836 is 4.

GCF(47832,47836) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47832 and 47836, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47832 and 47836.

How to find the GCF of 47832 and 47836?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47832 and 47836. After we will calculate the factors of 47832 and 47836 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47832

Prime factors of 47832 are 2, 3, 1993. Prime factorization of 47832 in exponential form is:

47832 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47836

Prime factors of 47836 are 2, 11959. Prime factorization of 47836 in exponential form is:

47836 = 2² × 11959¹

Step-3: Factors of 47832

List of positive integer factors of 47832 that divides 47832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1993, 3986, 5979, 7972, 11958, 15944, 23916

Step-4: Factors of 47836

List of positive integer factors of 47836 that divides 47832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11959, 23918

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47832 and 47836. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47832 and 47836 is 4.

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