What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46162 and 46168?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46162 and 46168 is 2.

GCF(46162,46168) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46162 and 46168, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46162 and 46168.

How to find the GCF of 46162 and 46168?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46162 and 46168. After we will calculate the factors of 46162 and 46168 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46162

Prime factors of 46162 are 2, 23081. Prime factorization of 46162 in exponential form is:

46162 = 2¹ × 23081¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46168

Prime factors of 46168 are 2, 29, 199. Prime factorization of 46168 in exponential form is:

46168 = 2³ × 29¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 46162

List of positive integer factors of 46162 that divides 46162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23081

Step-4: Factors of 46168

List of positive integer factors of 46168 that divides 46162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 29, 58, 116, 199, 232, 398, 796, 1592, 5771, 11542, 23084

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46162 and 46168. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46162 and 46168 is 2.

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