What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46520 and 46528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46520 and 46528 is 8.

GCF(46520,46528) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46520 and 46528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46520 and 46528.

How to find the GCF of 46520 and 46528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46520 and 46528. After we will calculate the factors of 46520 and 46528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46520

Prime factors of 46520 are 2, 5, 1163. Prime factorization of 46520 in exponential form is:

46520 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46528

Prime factors of 46528 are 2, 727. Prime factorization of 46528 in exponential form is:

46528 = 2⁶ × 727¹

Step-3: Factors of 46520

List of positive integer factors of 46520 that divides 46520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1163, 2326, 4652, 5815, 9304, 11630, 23260

Step-4: Factors of 46528

List of positive integer factors of 46528 that divides 46520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 727, 1454, 2908, 5816, 11632, 23264

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46520 and 46528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46520 and 46528 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46520 and 46528