What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47985 and 48002?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47985 and 48002 is 1.

GCF(47985,48002) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47985 and 48002, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47985 and 48002.

How to find the GCF of 47985 and 48002?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47985 and 48002. After we will calculate the factors of 47985 and 48002 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 48002

Prime factors of 48002 are 2, 24001. Prime factorization of 48002 in exponential form is:

48002 = 2¹ × 24001¹

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 48002

List of positive integer factors of 48002 that divides 47985 without a remainder.

1, 2, 24001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47985 and 48002. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47985 and 48002 is 1.

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