What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46878 and 46894?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46878 and 46894 is 2.

GCF(46878,46894) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46878 and 46894, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46878 and 46894.

How to find the GCF of 46878 and 46894?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46878 and 46894. After we will calculate the factors of 46878 and 46894 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 46894

Prime factors of 46894 are 2, 23447. Prime factorization of 46894 in exponential form is:

46894 = 2¹ × 23447¹

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 46894

List of positive integer factors of 46894 that divides 46878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23447

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46878 and 46894. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46878 and 46894 is 2.

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