What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46841 and 46856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46841 and 46856 is 1.

GCF(46841,46856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46841 and 46856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46841 and 46856.

How to find the GCF of 46841 and 46856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46841 and 46856. After we will calculate the factors of 46841 and 46856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46841

Prime factors of 46841 are 31, 1511. Prime factorization of 46841 in exponential form is:

46841 = 31¹ × 1511¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46856

Prime factors of 46856 are 2, 5857. Prime factorization of 46856 in exponential form is:

46856 = 2³ × 5857¹

Step-3: Factors of 46841

List of positive integer factors of 46841 that divides 46841 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1511

Step-4: Factors of 46856

List of positive integer factors of 46856 that divides 46841 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5857, 11714, 23428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46841 and 46856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46841 and 46856 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46841 and 46856