What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47889 and 47897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47889 and 47897 is 1.

GCF(47889,47897) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47889 and 47897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47889 and 47897.

How to find the GCF of 47889 and 47897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47889 and 47897. After we will calculate the factors of 47889 and 47897 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47889

Prime factors of 47889 are 3, 17, 313. Prime factorization of 47889 in exponential form is:

47889 = 3² × 17¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47897

Prime factors of 47897 are 211, 227. Prime factorization of 47897 in exponential form is:

47897 = 211¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 47889

List of positive integer factors of 47889 that divides 47889 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 313, 939, 2817, 5321, 15963

Step-4: Factors of 47897

List of positive integer factors of 47897 that divides 47889 without a remainder.

1, 211, 227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47889 and 47897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47889 and 47897 is 1.

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