What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46341 and 46346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46341 and 46346 is 1.

GCF(46341,46346) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46341 and 46346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46341 and 46346.

How to find the GCF of 46341 and 46346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46341 and 46346. After we will calculate the factors of 46341 and 46346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46341

Prime factors of 46341 are 3, 19, 271. Prime factorization of 46341 in exponential form is:

46341 = 3² × 19¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46346

Prime factors of 46346 are 2, 23173. Prime factorization of 46346 in exponential form is:

46346 = 2¹ × 23173¹

Step-3: Factors of 46341

List of positive integer factors of 46341 that divides 46341 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 57, 171, 271, 813, 2439, 5149, 15447

Step-4: Factors of 46346

List of positive integer factors of 46346 that divides 46341 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23173

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46341 and 46346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46341 and 46346 is 1.

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