What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46878 and 46888?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46878 and 46888 is 2.

GCF(46878,46888) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46878 and 46888, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46878 and 46888.

How to find the GCF of 46878 and 46888?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46878 and 46888. After we will calculate the factors of 46878 and 46888 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46878

Prime factors of 46878 are 2, 3, 13, 601. Prime factorization of 46878 in exponential form is:

46878 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 601¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46888

Prime factors of 46888 are 2, 5861. Prime factorization of 46888 in exponential form is:

46888 = 2³ × 5861¹

Step-3: Factors of 46878

List of positive integer factors of 46878 that divides 46878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 601, 1202, 1803, 3606, 7813, 15626, 23439

Step-4: Factors of 46888

List of positive integer factors of 46888 that divides 46878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5861, 11722, 23444

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46878 and 46888. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46878 and 46888 is 2.

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