What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46845 and 46855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46845 and 46855 is 5.

GCF(46845,46855) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46845 and 46855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46845 and 46855.

How to find the GCF of 46845 and 46855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46845 and 46855. After we will calculate the factors of 46845 and 46855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46845

Prime factors of 46845 are 3, 5, 347. Prime factorization of 46845 in exponential form is:

46845 = 3³ × 5¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46855

Prime factors of 46855 are 5, 9371. Prime factorization of 46855 in exponential form is:

46855 = 5¹ × 9371¹

Step-3: Factors of 46845

List of positive integer factors of 46845 that divides 46845 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 135, 347, 1041, 1735, 3123, 5205, 9369, 15615

Step-4: Factors of 46855

List of positive integer factors of 46855 that divides 46845 without a remainder.

1, 5, 9371

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46845 and 46855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46845 and 46855 is 5.

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