What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47985 and 47998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47985 and 47998 is 1.

GCF(47985,47998) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47985 and 47998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47985 and 47998.

How to find the GCF of 47985 and 47998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47985 and 47998. After we will calculate the factors of 47985 and 47998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47985

Prime factors of 47985 are 3, 5, 7, 457. Prime factorization of 47985 in exponential form is:

47985 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47998

Prime factors of 47998 are 2, 103, 233. Prime factorization of 47998 in exponential form is:

47998 = 2¹ × 103¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 47985

List of positive integer factors of 47985 that divides 47985 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 21, 35, 105, 457, 1371, 2285, 3199, 6855, 9597, 15995

Step-4: Factors of 47998

List of positive integer factors of 47998 that divides 47985 without a remainder.

1, 2, 103, 206, 233, 466, 23999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47985 and 47998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47985 and 47998 is 1.

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