What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46942 and 46955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46942 and 46955 is 1.

GCF(46942,46955) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46942 and 46955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46942 and 46955.

How to find the GCF of 46942 and 46955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46942 and 46955. After we will calculate the factors of 46942 and 46955 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46942

Prime factors of 46942 are 2, 7, 479. Prime factorization of 46942 in exponential form is:

46942 = 2¹ × 7² × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46955

Prime factors of 46955 are 5, 9391. Prime factorization of 46955 in exponential form is:

46955 = 5¹ × 9391¹

Step-3: Factors of 46942

List of positive integer factors of 46942 that divides 46942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 479, 958, 3353, 6706, 23471

Step-4: Factors of 46955

List of positive integer factors of 46955 that divides 46942 without a remainder.

1, 5, 9391

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46942 and 46955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46942 and 46955 is 1.

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