What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46551 and 46557?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46551 and 46557 is 3.

GCF(46551,46557) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46551 and 46557, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46551 and 46557.

How to find the GCF of 46551 and 46557?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46551 and 46557. After we will calculate the factors of 46551 and 46557 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46551

Prime factors of 46551 are 3, 59, 263. Prime factorization of 46551 in exponential form is:

46551 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46557

Prime factors of 46557 are 3, 7, 739. Prime factorization of 46557 in exponential form is:

46557 = 3² × 7¹ × 739¹

Step-3: Factors of 46551

List of positive integer factors of 46551 that divides 46551 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 177, 263, 789, 15517

Step-4: Factors of 46557

List of positive integer factors of 46557 that divides 46551 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 739, 2217, 5173, 6651, 15519

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46551 and 46557. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46551 and 46557 is 3.

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