What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47867 and 47872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47867 and 47872 is 1.

GCF(47867,47872) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47867 and 47872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47867 and 47872.

How to find the GCF of 47867 and 47872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47867 and 47872. After we will calculate the factors of 47867 and 47872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47867

Prime factors of 47867 are 151, 317. Prime factorization of 47867 in exponential form is:

47867 = 151¹ × 317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47872

Prime factors of 47872 are 2, 11, 17. Prime factorization of 47872 in exponential form is:

47872 = 2⁸ × 11¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 47867

List of positive integer factors of 47867 that divides 47867 without a remainder.

1, 151, 317

Step-4: Factors of 47872

List of positive integer factors of 47872 that divides 47867 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 17, 22, 32, 34, 44, 64, 68, 88, 128, 136, 176, 187, 256, 272, 352, 374, 544, 704, 748, 1088, 1408, 1496, 2176, 2816, 2992, 4352, 5984, 11968, 23936

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47867 and 47872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47867 and 47872 is 1.

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