What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46981 and 46991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46981 and 46991 is 1.

GCF(46981,46991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46981 and 46991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46981 and 46991.

How to find the GCF of 46981 and 46991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46981 and 46991. After we will calculate the factors of 46981 and 46991 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46981

Prime factors of 46981 are 11, 4271. Prime factorization of 46981 in exponential form is:

46981 = 11¹ × 4271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46991

Prime factors of 46991 are 7, 137. Prime factorization of 46991 in exponential form is:

46991 = 7³ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 46981

List of positive integer factors of 46981 that divides 46981 without a remainder.

1, 11, 4271

Step-4: Factors of 46991

List of positive integer factors of 46991 that divides 46981 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 137, 343, 959, 6713

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46981 and 46991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46981 and 46991 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46981 and 46991