What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46779 and 46785?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46779 and 46785 is 3.

GCF(46779,46785) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46779 and 46785, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46779 and 46785.

How to find the GCF of 46779 and 46785?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46779 and 46785. After we will calculate the factors of 46779 and 46785 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46779

Prime factors of 46779 are 3, 31, 503. Prime factorization of 46779 in exponential form is:

46779 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46785

Prime factors of 46785 are 3, 5, 3119. Prime factorization of 46785 in exponential form is:

46785 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3119¹

Step-3: Factors of 46779

List of positive integer factors of 46779 that divides 46779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 503, 1509, 15593

Step-4: Factors of 46785

List of positive integer factors of 46785 that divides 46779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3119, 9357, 15595

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46779 and 46785. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46779 and 46785 is 3.

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