What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46436 and 46442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46436 and 46442 is 2.

GCF(46436,46442) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46436 and 46442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46436 and 46442.

How to find the GCF of 46436 and 46442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46436 and 46442. After we will calculate the factors of 46436 and 46442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46436

Prime factors of 46436 are 2, 13, 19, 47. Prime factorization of 46436 in exponential form is:

46436 = 2² × 13¹ × 19¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46442

Prime factors of 46442 are 2, 11, 2111. Prime factorization of 46442 in exponential form is:

46442 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2111¹

Step-3: Factors of 46436

List of positive integer factors of 46436 that divides 46436 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 19, 26, 38, 47, 52, 76, 94, 188, 247, 494, 611, 893, 988, 1222, 1786, 2444, 3572, 11609, 23218

Step-4: Factors of 46442

List of positive integer factors of 46442 that divides 46436 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2111, 4222, 23221

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46436 and 46442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46436 and 46442 is 2.

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