What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5047 and 5061?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5047 and 5061 is 7.

GCF(5047,5061) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5047 and 5061, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5047 and 5061.

How to find the GCF of 5047 and 5061?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5047 and 5061. After we will calculate the factors of 5047 and 5061 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5047

Prime factors of 5047 are 7, 103. Prime factorization of 5047 in exponential form is:

5047 = 7² × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5061

Prime factors of 5061 are 3, 7, 241. Prime factorization of 5061 in exponential form is:

5061 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 5047

List of positive integer factors of 5047 that divides 5047 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 103, 721

Step-4: Factors of 5061

List of positive integer factors of 5061 that divides 5047 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 241, 723, 1687

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5047 and 5061. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5047 and 5061 is 7.

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