What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46557 and 46572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46557 and 46572 is 3.

GCF(46557,46572) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46557 and 46572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46557 and 46572.

How to find the GCF of 46557 and 46572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46557 and 46572. After we will calculate the factors of 46557 and 46572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 46572

Prime factors of 46572 are 2, 3, 3881. Prime factorization of 46572 in exponential form is:

46572 = 2² × 3¹ × 3881¹

Step-3: Factors of 46557

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 46572

List of positive integer factors of 46572 that divides 46557 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3881, 7762, 11643, 15524, 23286

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46557 and 46572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46557 and 46572 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46557 and 46572