What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47853 and 47862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47853 and 47862 is 9.

GCF(47853,47862) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47853 and 47862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47853 and 47862.

How to find the GCF of 47853 and 47862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47853 and 47862. After we will calculate the factors of 47853 and 47862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47853

Prime factors of 47853 are 3, 13, 409. Prime factorization of 47853 in exponential form is:

47853 = 3² × 13¹ × 409¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47862

Prime factors of 47862 are 2, 3, 2659. Prime factorization of 47862 in exponential form is:

47862 = 2¹ × 3² × 2659¹

Step-3: Factors of 47853

List of positive integer factors of 47853 that divides 47853 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 409, 1227, 3681, 5317, 15951

Step-4: Factors of 47862

List of positive integer factors of 47862 that divides 47853 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2659, 5318, 7977, 15954, 23931

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47853 and 47862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47853 and 47862 is 9.

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