What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46467 and 46479?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46467 and 46479 is 3.

GCF(46467,46479) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46467 and 46479, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46467 and 46479.

How to find the GCF of 46467 and 46479?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46467 and 46479. After we will calculate the factors of 46467 and 46479 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46467

Prime factors of 46467 are 3, 1721. Prime factorization of 46467 in exponential form is:

46467 = 3³ × 1721¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46479

Prime factors of 46479 are 3, 15493. Prime factorization of 46479 in exponential form is:

46479 = 3¹ × 15493¹

Step-3: Factors of 46467

List of positive integer factors of 46467 that divides 46467 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1721, 5163, 15489

Step-4: Factors of 46479

List of positive integer factors of 46479 that divides 46467 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46467 and 46479. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46467 and 46479 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46467 and 46479