What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46531 and 46540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46531 and 46540 is 1.

GCF(46531,46540) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46531 and 46540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46531 and 46540.

How to find the GCF of 46531 and 46540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46531 and 46540. After we will calculate the factors of 46531 and 46540 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 46540

Prime factors of 46540 are 2, 5, 13, 179. Prime factorization of 46540 in exponential form is:

46540 = 2² × 5¹ × 13¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 46531

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 46540

List of positive integer factors of 46540 that divides 46531 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 20, 26, 52, 65, 130, 179, 260, 358, 716, 895, 1790, 2327, 3580, 4654, 9308, 11635, 23270

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46531 and 46540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46531 and 46540 is 1.

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