What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47943 and 47948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47943 and 47948 is 1.

GCF(47943,47948) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47943 and 47948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47943 and 47948.

How to find the GCF of 47943 and 47948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47943 and 47948. After we will calculate the factors of 47943 and 47948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47943

Prime factors of 47943 are 3, 7, 761. Prime factorization of 47943 in exponential form is:

47943 = 3² × 7¹ × 761¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47948

Prime factors of 47948 are 2, 11987. Prime factorization of 47948 in exponential form is:

47948 = 2² × 11987¹

Step-3: Factors of 47943

List of positive integer factors of 47943 that divides 47943 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 761, 2283, 5327, 6849, 15981

Step-4: Factors of 47948

List of positive integer factors of 47948 that divides 47943 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11987, 23974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47943 and 47948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47943 and 47948 is 1.

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