What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47971 and 47981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47971 and 47981 is 1.

GCF(47971,47981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47971 and 47981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47971 and 47981.

How to find the GCF of 47971 and 47981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47971 and 47981. After we will calculate the factors of 47971 and 47981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47971

Prime factors of 47971 are 7, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 47971 in exponential form is:

47971 = 7² × 11¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47981

Prime factors of 47981 are 47981. Prime factorization of 47981 in exponential form is:

47981 = 47981¹

Step-3: Factors of 47971

List of positive integer factors of 47971 that divides 47971 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 49, 77, 89, 539, 623, 979, 4361, 6853

Step-4: Factors of 47981

List of positive integer factors of 47981 that divides 47971 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47971 and 47981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47971 and 47981 is 1.

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