What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46942 and 46958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46942 and 46958 is 2.

GCF(46942,46958) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46942 and 46958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46942 and 46958.

How to find the GCF of 46942 and 46958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46942 and 46958. After we will calculate the factors of 46942 and 46958 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 46958

Prime factors of 46958 are 2, 53, 443. Prime factorization of 46958 in exponential form is:

46958 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 443¹

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 46958

List of positive integer factors of 46958 that divides 46942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 443, 886, 23479

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46942 and 46958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46942 and 46958 is 2.

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