What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46029 and 46044?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46029 and 46044 is 3.

GCF(46029,46044) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46029 and 46044, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46029 and 46044.

How to find the GCF of 46029 and 46044?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46029 and 46044. After we will calculate the factors of 46029 and 46044 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46029

Prime factors of 46029 are 3, 67, 229. Prime factorization of 46029 in exponential form is:

46029 = 3¹ × 67¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46044

Prime factors of 46044 are 2, 3, 1279. Prime factorization of 46044 in exponential form is:

46044 = 2² × 3² × 1279¹

Step-3: Factors of 46029

List of positive integer factors of 46029 that divides 46029 without a remainder.

1, 3, 67, 201, 229, 687, 15343

Step-4: Factors of 46044

List of positive integer factors of 46044 that divides 46029 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1279, 2558, 3837, 5116, 7674, 11511, 15348, 23022

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46029 and 46044. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46029 and 46044 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46029 and 46044