What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46014 and 46018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46014 and 46018 is 2.

GCF(46014,46018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46014 and 46018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46014 and 46018.

How to find the GCF of 46014 and 46018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46014 and 46018. After we will calculate the factors of 46014 and 46018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46014

Prime factors of 46014 are 2, 3, 7669. Prime factorization of 46014 in exponential form is:

46014 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7669¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46018

Prime factors of 46018 are 2, 7, 19, 173. Prime factorization of 46018 in exponential form is:

46018 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 19¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 46014

List of positive integer factors of 46014 that divides 46014 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7669, 15338, 23007

Step-4: Factors of 46018

List of positive integer factors of 46018 that divides 46014 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 19, 38, 133, 173, 266, 346, 1211, 2422, 3287, 6574, 23009

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46014 and 46018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46014 and 46018 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46014 and 46018