What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46929 and 46944?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46929 and 46944 is 3.

GCF(46929,46944) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46929 and 46944, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46929 and 46944.

How to find the GCF of 46929 and 46944?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46929 and 46944. After we will calculate the factors of 46929 and 46944 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46929

Prime factors of 46929 are 3, 15643. Prime factorization of 46929 in exponential form is:

46929 = 3¹ × 15643¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46944

Prime factors of 46944 are 2, 3, 163. Prime factorization of 46944 in exponential form is:

46944 = 2⁵ × 3² × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 46929

List of positive integer factors of 46929 that divides 46929 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15643

Step-4: Factors of 46944

List of positive integer factors of 46944 that divides 46929 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 48, 72, 96, 144, 163, 288, 326, 489, 652, 978, 1304, 1467, 1956, 2608, 2934, 3912, 5216, 5868, 7824, 11736, 15648, 23472

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46929 and 46944. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46929 and 46944 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46929 and 46944