What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46024 and 46042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46024 and 46042 is 2.

GCF(46024,46042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46024 and 46042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46024 and 46042.

How to find the GCF of 46024 and 46042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46024 and 46042. After we will calculate the factors of 46024 and 46042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46024

Prime factors of 46024 are 2, 11, 523. Prime factorization of 46024 in exponential form is:

46024 = 2³ × 11¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46042

Prime factors of 46042 are 2, 23021. Prime factorization of 46042 in exponential form is:

46042 = 2¹ × 23021¹

Step-3: Factors of 46024

List of positive integer factors of 46024 that divides 46024 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 523, 1046, 2092, 4184, 5753, 11506, 23012

Step-4: Factors of 46042

List of positive integer factors of 46042 that divides 46024 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46024 and 46042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46024 and 46042 is 2.

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