What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46040 and 46058?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46040 and 46058 is 2.

GCF(46040,46058) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46040 and 46058, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46040 and 46058.

How to find the GCF of 46040 and 46058?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46040 and 46058. After we will calculate the factors of 46040 and 46058 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46040

Prime factors of 46040 are 2, 5, 1151. Prime factorization of 46040 in exponential form is:

46040 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46058

Prime factors of 46058 are 2, 23029. Prime factorization of 46058 in exponential form is:

46058 = 2¹ × 23029¹

Step-3: Factors of 46040

List of positive integer factors of 46040 that divides 46040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1151, 2302, 4604, 5755, 9208, 11510, 23020

Step-4: Factors of 46058

List of positive integer factors of 46058 that divides 46040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23029

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46040 and 46058. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46040 and 46058 is 2.

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