What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46870 and 46875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46870 and 46875 is 5.

GCF(46870,46875) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46870 and 46875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46870 and 46875.

How to find the GCF of 46870 and 46875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46870 and 46875. After we will calculate the factors of 46870 and 46875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46870

Prime factors of 46870 are 2, 5, 43, 109. Prime factorization of 46870 in exponential form is:

46870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 43¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46875

Prime factors of 46875 are 3, 5. Prime factorization of 46875 in exponential form is:

46875 = 3¹ × 5⁶

Step-3: Factors of 46870

List of positive integer factors of 46870 that divides 46870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 43, 86, 109, 215, 218, 430, 545, 1090, 4687, 9374, 23435

Step-4: Factors of 46875

List of positive integer factors of 46875 that divides 46870 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 125, 375, 625, 1875, 3125, 9375, 15625

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46870 and 46875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46870 and 46875 is 5.

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