What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46508 and 46516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46508 and 46516 is 4.

GCF(46508,46516) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46508 and 46516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46508 and 46516.

How to find the GCF of 46508 and 46516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46508 and 46516. After we will calculate the factors of 46508 and 46516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46508

Prime factors of 46508 are 2, 7, 11, 151. Prime factorization of 46508 in exponential form is:

46508 = 2² × 7¹ × 11¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46516

Prime factors of 46516 are 2, 29, 401. Prime factorization of 46516 in exponential form is:

46516 = 2² × 29¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 46508

List of positive integer factors of 46508 that divides 46508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 14, 22, 28, 44, 77, 151, 154, 302, 308, 604, 1057, 1661, 2114, 3322, 4228, 6644, 11627, 23254

Step-4: Factors of 46516

List of positive integer factors of 46516 that divides 46508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 116, 401, 802, 1604, 11629, 23258

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46508 and 46516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46508 and 46516 is 4.

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