What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46943 and 46961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46943 and 46961 is 1.

GCF(46943,46961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46943 and 46961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46943 and 46961.

How to find the GCF of 46943 and 46961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46943 and 46961. After we will calculate the factors of 46943 and 46961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46943

Prime factors of 46943 are 13, 23, 157. Prime factorization of 46943 in exponential form is:

46943 = 13¹ × 23¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46961

Prime factors of 46961 are 151, 311. Prime factorization of 46961 in exponential form is:

46961 = 151¹ × 311¹

Step-3: Factors of 46943

List of positive integer factors of 46943 that divides 46943 without a remainder.

1, 13, 23, 157, 299, 2041, 3611

Step-4: Factors of 46961

List of positive integer factors of 46961 that divides 46943 without a remainder.

1, 151, 311

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46943 and 46961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46943 and 46961 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46943 and 46961