What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46548 and 46558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46548 and 46558 is 2.

GCF(46548,46558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46548 and 46558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46548 and 46558.

How to find the GCF of 46548 and 46558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46548 and 46558. After we will calculate the factors of 46548 and 46558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46548

Prime factors of 46548 are 2, 3, 431. Prime factorization of 46548 in exponential form is:

46548 = 2² × 3³ × 431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46558

Prime factors of 46558 are 2, 23279. Prime factorization of 46558 in exponential form is:

46558 = 2¹ × 23279¹

Step-3: Factors of 46548

List of positive integer factors of 46548 that divides 46548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 431, 862, 1293, 1724, 2586, 3879, 5172, 7758, 11637, 15516, 23274

Step-4: Factors of 46558

List of positive integer factors of 46558 that divides 46548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46548 and 46558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46548 and 46558 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46548 and 46558