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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47943 and 47949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47943 and 47949 is 3.

GCF(47943,47949) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47943 and 47949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47943 and 47949.

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How to find the GCF of 47943 and 47949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47943 and 47949. After we will calculate the factors of 47943 and 47949 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 47949

Prime factors of 47949 are 3, 11, 1453. Prime factorization of 47949 in exponential form is:

47949 = 31 × 111 × 14531

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 47949

List of positive integer factors of 47949 that divides 47943 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1453, 4359, 15983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47943 and 47949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47943 and 47949 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47943 and 47949