What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46562 and 46580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46562 and 46580 is 2.

GCF(46562,46580) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46562 and 46580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46562 and 46580.

How to find the GCF of 46562 and 46580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46562 and 46580. After we will calculate the factors of 46562 and 46580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46562

Prime factors of 46562 are 2, 31, 751. Prime factorization of 46562 in exponential form is:

46562 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 751¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46580

Prime factors of 46580 are 2, 5, 17, 137. Prime factorization of 46580 in exponential form is:

46580 = 2² × 5¹ × 17¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 46562

List of positive integer factors of 46562 that divides 46562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 751, 1502, 23281

Step-4: Factors of 46580

List of positive integer factors of 46580 that divides 46562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 34, 68, 85, 137, 170, 274, 340, 548, 685, 1370, 2329, 2740, 4658, 9316, 11645, 23290

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46562 and 46580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46562 and 46580 is 2.

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