What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46059 and 46078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46059 and 46078 is 1.

GCF(46059,46078) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46059 and 46078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46059 and 46078.

How to find the GCF of 46059 and 46078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46059 and 46078. After we will calculate the factors of 46059 and 46078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46059

Prime factors of 46059 are 3, 13, 1181. Prime factorization of 46059 in exponential form is:

46059 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46078

Prime factors of 46078 are 2, 23039. Prime factorization of 46078 in exponential form is:

46078 = 2¹ × 23039¹

Step-3: Factors of 46059

List of positive integer factors of 46059 that divides 46059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1181, 3543, 15353

Step-4: Factors of 46078

List of positive integer factors of 46078 that divides 46059 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46059 and 46078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46059 and 46078 is 1.

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