What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46272 and 46292?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46272 and 46292 is 4.

GCF(46272,46292) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46272 and 46292, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46272 and 46292.

How to find the GCF of 46272 and 46292?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46272 and 46292. After we will calculate the factors of 46272 and 46292 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 46292

Prime factors of 46292 are 2, 71, 163. Prime factorization of 46292 in exponential form is:

46292 = 2² × 71¹ × 163¹

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 46292

List of positive integer factors of 46292 that divides 46272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 71, 142, 163, 284, 326, 652, 11573, 23146

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46272 and 46292. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46272 and 46292 is 4.

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