What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47855 and 47871?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47855 and 47871 is 1.

GCF(47855,47871) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47855 and 47871, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47855 and 47871.

How to find the GCF of 47855 and 47871?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47855 and 47871. After we will calculate the factors of 47855 and 47871 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47855

Prime factors of 47855 are 5, 17, 563. Prime factorization of 47855 in exponential form is:

47855 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47871

Prime factors of 47871 are 3, 197. Prime factorization of 47871 in exponential form is:

47871 = 3⁵ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 47855

List of positive integer factors of 47855 that divides 47855 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 563, 2815, 9571

Step-4: Factors of 47871

List of positive integer factors of 47871 that divides 47855 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 197, 243, 591, 1773, 5319, 15957

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47855 and 47871. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47855 and 47871 is 1.

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