What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46840 and 46850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46840 and 46850 is 10.

GCF(46840,46850) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46840 and 46850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46840 and 46850.

How to find the GCF of 46840 and 46850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46840 and 46850. After we will calculate the factors of 46840 and 46850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46840

Prime factors of 46840 are 2, 5, 1171. Prime factorization of 46840 in exponential form is:

46840 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1171¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46850

Prime factors of 46850 are 2, 5, 937. Prime factorization of 46850 in exponential form is:

46850 = 2¹ × 5² × 937¹

Step-3: Factors of 46840

List of positive integer factors of 46840 that divides 46840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1171, 2342, 4684, 5855, 9368, 11710, 23420

Step-4: Factors of 46850

List of positive integer factors of 46850 that divides 46840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 937, 1874, 4685, 9370, 23425

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46840 and 46850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46840 and 46850 is 10.

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