What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47972 and 47979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47972 and 47979 is 1.

GCF(47972,47979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47972 and 47979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47972 and 47979.

How to find the GCF of 47972 and 47979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47972 and 47979. After we will calculate the factors of 47972 and 47979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47972

Prime factors of 47972 are 2, 67, 179. Prime factorization of 47972 in exponential form is:

47972 = 2² × 67¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47979

Prime factors of 47979 are 3, 1777. Prime factorization of 47979 in exponential form is:

47979 = 3³ × 1777¹

Step-3: Factors of 47972

List of positive integer factors of 47972 that divides 47972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 67, 134, 179, 268, 358, 716, 11993, 23986

Step-4: Factors of 47979

List of positive integer factors of 47979 that divides 47972 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1777, 5331, 15993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47972 and 47979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47972 and 47979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47972 and 47979