What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46173 and 46179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46173 and 46179 is 3.

GCF(46173,46179) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46173 and 46179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46173 and 46179.

How to find the GCF of 46173 and 46179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46173 and 46179. After we will calculate the factors of 46173 and 46179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46173

Prime factors of 46173 are 3, 15391. Prime factorization of 46173 in exponential form is:

46173 = 3¹ × 15391¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46179

Prime factors of 46179 are 3, 7, 733. Prime factorization of 46179 in exponential form is:

46179 = 3² × 7¹ × 733¹

Step-3: Factors of 46173

List of positive integer factors of 46173 that divides 46173 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15391

Step-4: Factors of 46179

List of positive integer factors of 46179 that divides 46173 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 733, 2199, 5131, 6597, 15393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46173 and 46179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46173 and 46179 is 3.

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