What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46402 and 46408?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46402 and 46408 is 2.

GCF(46402,46408) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46402 and 46408, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46402 and 46408.

How to find the GCF of 46402 and 46408?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46402 and 46408. After we will calculate the factors of 46402 and 46408 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46402

Prime factors of 46402 are 2, 23201. Prime factorization of 46402 in exponential form is:

46402 = 2¹ × 23201¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46408

Prime factors of 46408 are 2, 5801. Prime factorization of 46408 in exponential form is:

46408 = 2³ × 5801¹

Step-3: Factors of 46402

List of positive integer factors of 46402 that divides 46402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23201

Step-4: Factors of 46408

List of positive integer factors of 46408 that divides 46402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5801, 11602, 23204

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46402 and 46408. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46402 and 46408 is 2.

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