What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46272 and 46288?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46272 and 46288 is 16.

GCF(46272,46288) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46272 and 46288, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46272 and 46288.

How to find the GCF of 46272 and 46288?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46272 and 46288. After we will calculate the factors of 46272 and 46288 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46272

Prime factors of 46272 are 2, 3, 241. Prime factorization of 46272 in exponential form is:

46272 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46288

Prime factors of 46288 are 2, 11, 263. Prime factorization of 46288 in exponential form is:

46288 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 46272

List of positive integer factors of 46272 that divides 46272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 192, 241, 482, 723, 964, 1446, 1928, 2892, 3856, 5784, 7712, 11568, 15424, 23136

Step-4: Factors of 46288

List of positive integer factors of 46288 that divides 46272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 176, 263, 526, 1052, 2104, 2893, 4208, 5786, 11572, 23144

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46272 and 46288. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46272 and 46288 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46272 and 46288