What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46768 and 46780?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46768 and 46780 is 4.

GCF(46768,46780) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46768 and 46780, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46768 and 46780.

How to find the GCF of 46768 and 46780?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46768 and 46780. After we will calculate the factors of 46768 and 46780 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46768

Prime factors of 46768 are 2, 37, 79. Prime factorization of 46768 in exponential form is:

46768 = 2⁴ × 37¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46780

Prime factors of 46780 are 2, 5, 2339. Prime factorization of 46780 in exponential form is:

46780 = 2² × 5¹ × 2339¹

Step-3: Factors of 46768

List of positive integer factors of 46768 that divides 46768 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 37, 74, 79, 148, 158, 296, 316, 592, 632, 1264, 2923, 5846, 11692, 23384

Step-4: Factors of 46780

List of positive integer factors of 46780 that divides 46768 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2339, 4678, 9356, 11695, 23390

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46768 and 46780. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46768 and 46780 is 4.

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