What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47871 and 47878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47871 and 47878 is 1.

GCF(47871,47878) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47871 and 47878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47871 and 47878.

How to find the GCF of 47871 and 47878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47871 and 47878. After we will calculate the factors of 47871 and 47878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47871

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

47871 = 3⁵ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47878

Prime factors of 47878 are 2, 37, 647. Prime factorization of 47878 in exponential form is:

47878 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 647¹

Step-3: Factors of 47871

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 47878

List of positive integer factors of 47878 that divides 47871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 647, 1294, 23939

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47871 and 47878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47871 and 47878 is 1.

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