What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46352 and 46372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46352 and 46372 is 4.

GCF(46352,46372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46352 and 46372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46352 and 46372.

How to find the GCF of 46352 and 46372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46352 and 46372. After we will calculate the factors of 46352 and 46372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46352

Prime factors of 46352 are 2, 2897. Prime factorization of 46352 in exponential form is:

46352 = 2⁴ × 2897¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46372

Prime factors of 46372 are 2, 11593. Prime factorization of 46372 in exponential form is:

46372 = 2² × 11593¹

Step-3: Factors of 46352

List of positive integer factors of 46352 that divides 46352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2897, 5794, 11588, 23176

Step-4: Factors of 46372

List of positive integer factors of 46372 that divides 46352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11593, 23186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46352 and 46372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46352 and 46372 is 4.

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