What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47912 and 47916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47912 and 47916 is 4.

GCF(47912,47916) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47912 and 47916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47912 and 47916.

How to find the GCF of 47912 and 47916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47912 and 47916. After we will calculate the factors of 47912 and 47916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47912

Prime factors of 47912 are 2, 53, 113. Prime factorization of 47912 in exponential form is:

47912 = 2³ × 53¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47916

Prime factors of 47916 are 2, 3, 11. Prime factorization of 47916 in exponential form is:

47916 = 2² × 3² × 11³

Step-3: Factors of 47912

List of positive integer factors of 47912 that divides 47912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 53, 106, 113, 212, 226, 424, 452, 904, 5989, 11978, 23956

Step-4: Factors of 47916

List of positive integer factors of 47916 that divides 47912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 33, 36, 44, 66, 99, 121, 132, 198, 242, 363, 396, 484, 726, 1089, 1331, 1452, 2178, 2662, 3993, 4356, 5324, 7986, 11979, 15972, 23958

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47912 and 47916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47912 and 47916 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47912 and 47916