What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46478 and 46494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46478 and 46494 is 2.

GCF(46478,46494) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46478 and 46494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46478 and 46494.

How to find the GCF of 46478 and 46494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46478 and 46494. After we will calculate the factors of 46478 and 46494 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46478

Prime factors of 46478 are 2, 17, 1367. Prime factorization of 46478 in exponential form is:

46478 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46494

Prime factors of 46494 are 2, 3, 7, 41. Prime factorization of 46494 in exponential form is:

46494 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 7¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 46478

List of positive integer factors of 46478 that divides 46478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1367, 2734, 23239

Step-4: Factors of 46494

List of positive integer factors of 46494 that divides 46478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 27, 41, 42, 54, 63, 81, 82, 123, 126, 162, 189, 246, 287, 369, 378, 567, 574, 738, 861, 1107, 1134, 1722, 2214, 2583, 3321, 5166, 6642, 7749, 15498, 23247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46478 and 46494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46478 and 46494 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46478 and 46494