What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46955 and 46971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46955 and 46971 is 1.

GCF(46955,46971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46955 and 46971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46955 and 46971.

How to find the GCF of 46955 and 46971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46955 and 46971. After we will calculate the factors of 46955 and 46971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46955

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

46955 = 5¹ × 9391¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46971

Prime factors of 46971 are 3, 17, 307. Prime factorization of 46971 in exponential form is:

46971 = 3² × 17¹ × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 46955

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

1, 5, 9391

Step-4: Factors of 46971

List of positive integer factors of 46971 that divides 46955 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 307, 921, 2763, 5219, 15657

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46955 and 46971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46955 and 46971 is 1.

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