What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46520 and 46531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46520 and 46531 is 1.

GCF(46520,46531) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46520 and 46531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46520 and 46531.

How to find the GCF of 46520 and 46531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46520 and 46531. After we will calculate the factors of 46520 and 46531 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 46531

Prime factors of 46531 are 19, 31, 79. Prime factorization of 46531 in exponential form is:

46531 = 19¹ × 31¹ × 79¹

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 46531

List of positive integer factors of 46531 that divides 46520 without a remainder.

1, 19, 31, 79, 589, 1501, 2449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46520 and 46531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46520 and 46531 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46520 and 46531