What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46944 and 46954?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46944 and 46954 is 2.

GCF(46944,46954) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46944 and 46954, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46944 and 46954.

How to find the GCF of 46944 and 46954?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46944 and 46954. After we will calculate the factors of 46944 and 46954 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 46954

Prime factors of 46954 are 2, 17, 1381. Prime factorization of 46954 in exponential form is:

46954 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1381¹

Step-3: Factors of 46944

List of positive integer factors of 46944 that divides 46944 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

Step-4: Factors of 46954

List of positive integer factors of 46954 that divides 46944 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1381, 2762, 23477

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46944 and 46954. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46944 and 46954 is 2.

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