What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46288 and 46306?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46288 and 46306 is 2.

GCF(46288,46306) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46288 and 46306, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46288 and 46306.

How to find the GCF of 46288 and 46306?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46288 and 46306. After we will calculate the factors of 46288 and 46306 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 46306

Prime factors of 46306 are 2, 13, 137. Prime factorization of 46306 in exponential form is:

46306 = 2¹ × 13² × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 46288

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 46306

List of positive integer factors of 46306 that divides 46288 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 137, 169, 274, 338, 1781, 3562, 23153

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46288 and 46306. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46288 and 46306 is 2.

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