What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47988 and 48004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47988 and 48004 is 4.

GCF(47988,48004) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47988 and 48004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47988 and 48004.

How to find the GCF of 47988 and 48004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47988 and 48004. After we will calculate the factors of 47988 and 48004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47988

Prime factors of 47988 are 2, 3, 31, 43. Prime factorization of 47988 in exponential form is:

47988 = 2² × 3² × 31¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 48004

Prime factors of 48004 are 2, 11, 1091. Prime factorization of 48004 in exponential form is:

48004 = 2² × 11¹ × 1091¹

Step-3: Factors of 47988

List of positive integer factors of 47988 that divides 47988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 31, 36, 43, 62, 86, 93, 124, 129, 172, 186, 258, 279, 372, 387, 516, 558, 774, 1116, 1333, 1548, 2666, 3999, 5332, 7998, 11997, 15996, 23994

Step-4: Factors of 48004

List of positive integer factors of 48004 that divides 47988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1091, 2182, 4364, 12001, 24002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47988 and 48004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47988 and 48004 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 47988 and 48004