What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47945 and 47961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47945 and 47961 is 1.

GCF(47945,47961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47945 and 47961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47945 and 47961.

How to find the GCF of 47945 and 47961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47945 and 47961. After we will calculate the factors of 47945 and 47961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47945

Prime factors of 47945 are 5, 43, 223. Prime factorization of 47945 in exponential form is:

47945 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47961

Prime factors of 47961 are 3, 73. Prime factorization of 47961 in exponential form is:

47961 = 3² × 73²

Step-3: Factors of 47945

List of positive integer factors of 47945 that divides 47945 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 215, 223, 1115, 9589

Step-4: Factors of 47961

List of positive integer factors of 47961 that divides 47945 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 73, 219, 657, 5329, 15987

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47945 and 47961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47945 and 47961 is 1.

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