What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46842 and 46847?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46842 and 46847 is 1.

GCF(46842,46847) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46842 and 46847, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46842 and 46847.

How to find the GCF of 46842 and 46847?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46842 and 46847. After we will calculate the factors of 46842 and 46847 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46842

Prime factors of 46842 are 2, 3, 37, 211. Prime factorization of 46842 in exponential form is:

46842 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 37¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46847

Prime factors of 46847 are 79, 593. Prime factorization of 46847 in exponential form is:

46847 = 79¹ × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 46842

List of positive integer factors of 46842 that divides 46842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 111, 211, 222, 422, 633, 1266, 7807, 15614, 23421

Step-4: Factors of 46847

List of positive integer factors of 46847 that divides 46842 without a remainder.

1, 79, 593

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46842 and 46847. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46842 and 46847 is 1.

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