What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4596 and 4602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4596 and 4602 is 6.

GCF(4596,4602) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4596 and 4602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4596 and 4602.

How to find the GCF of 4596 and 4602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4596 and 4602. After we will calculate the factors of 4596 and 4602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4596

Prime factors of 4596 are 2, 3, 383. Prime factorization of 4596 in exponential form is:

4596 = 2² × 3¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4602

Prime factors of 4602 are 2, 3, 13, 59. Prime factorization of 4602 in exponential form is:

4602 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 4596

List of positive integer factors of 4596 that divides 4596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 383, 766, 1149, 1532, 2298

Step-4: Factors of 4602

List of positive integer factors of 4602 that divides 4596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 59, 78, 118, 177, 354, 767, 1534, 2301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4596 and 4602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4596 and 4602 is 6.

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