What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46197 and 46203?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46197 and 46203 is 3.

GCF(46197,46203) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46197 and 46203, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46197 and 46203.

How to find the GCF of 46197 and 46203?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46197 and 46203. After we will calculate the factors of 46197 and 46203 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46197

Prime factors of 46197 are 3, 29, 59. Prime factorization of 46197 in exponential form is:

46197 = 3³ × 29¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46203

Prime factors of 46203 are 3, 15401. Prime factorization of 46203 in exponential form is:

46203 = 3¹ × 15401¹

Step-3: Factors of 46197

List of positive integer factors of 46197 that divides 46197 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 29, 59, 87, 177, 261, 531, 783, 1593, 1711, 5133, 15399

Step-4: Factors of 46203

List of positive integer factors of 46203 that divides 46197 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15401

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46197 and 46203. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46197 and 46203 is 3.

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