What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47912 and 47924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47912 and 47924 is 4.

GCF(47912,47924) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47912 and 47924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47912 and 47924.

How to find the GCF of 47912 and 47924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47912 and 47924. After we will calculate the factors of 47912 and 47924 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 47924

Prime factors of 47924 are 2, 11981. Prime factorization of 47924 in exponential form is:

47924 = 2² × 11981¹

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 47924

List of positive integer factors of 47924 that divides 47912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11981, 23962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47912 and 47924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47912 and 47924 is 4.

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