What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46072 and 46086?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46072 and 46086 is 2.

GCF(46072,46086) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46072 and 46086, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46072 and 46086.

How to find the GCF of 46072 and 46086?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46072 and 46086. After we will calculate the factors of 46072 and 46086 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46072

Prime factors of 46072 are 2, 13, 443. Prime factorization of 46072 in exponential form is:

46072 = 2³ × 13¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46086

Prime factors of 46086 are 2, 3, 7681. Prime factorization of 46086 in exponential form is:

46086 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7681¹

Step-3: Factors of 46072

List of positive integer factors of 46072 that divides 46072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 443, 886, 1772, 3544, 5759, 11518, 23036

Step-4: Factors of 46086

List of positive integer factors of 46086 that divides 46072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7681, 15362, 23043

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46072 and 46086. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46072 and 46086 is 2.

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