What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47836 and 47842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47836 and 47842 is 2.

GCF(47836,47842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47836 and 47842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47836 and 47842.

How to find the GCF of 47836 and 47842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47836 and 47842. After we will calculate the factors of 47836 and 47842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47836

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

47836 = 2² × 11959¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47842

Prime factors of 47842 are 2, 19, 1259. Prime factorization of 47842 in exponential form is:

47842 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1259¹

Step-3: Factors of 47836

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

1, 2, 4, 11959, 23918

Step-4: Factors of 47842

List of positive integer factors of 47842 that divides 47836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1259, 2518, 23921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47836 and 47842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47836 and 47842 is 2.

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