What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47849 and 47856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47849 and 47856 is 1.

GCF(47849,47856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47849 and 47856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47849 and 47856.

How to find the GCF of 47849 and 47856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47849 and 47856. After we will calculate the factors of 47849 and 47856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47849

Prime factors of 47849 are 59, 811. Prime factorization of 47849 in exponential form is:

47849 = 59¹ × 811¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47856

Prime factors of 47856 are 2, 3, 997. Prime factorization of 47856 in exponential form is:

47856 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 997¹

Step-3: Factors of 47849

List of positive integer factors of 47849 that divides 47849 without a remainder.

1, 59, 811

Step-4: Factors of 47856

List of positive integer factors of 47856 that divides 47849 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 997, 1994, 2991, 3988, 5982, 7976, 11964, 15952, 23928

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47849 and 47856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47849 and 47856 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47849 and 47856