What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46361 and 46378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46361 and 46378 is 1.

GCF(46361,46378) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46361 and 46378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46361 and 46378.

How to find the GCF of 46361 and 46378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46361 and 46378. After we will calculate the factors of 46361 and 46378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46361

Prime factors of 46361 are 7, 37, 179. Prime factorization of 46361 in exponential form is:

46361 = 7¹ × 37¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46378

Prime factors of 46378 are 2, 23189. Prime factorization of 46378 in exponential form is:

46378 = 2¹ × 23189¹

Step-3: Factors of 46361

List of positive integer factors of 46361 that divides 46361 without a remainder.

1, 7, 37, 179, 259, 1253, 6623

Step-4: Factors of 46378

List of positive integer factors of 46378 that divides 46361 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23189

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46361 and 46378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46361 and 46378 is 1.

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