What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46990 and 46994?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46990 and 46994 is 2.

GCF(46990,46994) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46990 and 46994, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46990 and 46994.

How to find the GCF of 46990 and 46994?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46990 and 46994. After we will calculate the factors of 46990 and 46994 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46990

Prime factors of 46990 are 2, 5, 37, 127. Prime factorization of 46990 in exponential form is:

46990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 37¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46994

Prime factors of 46994 are 2, 23497. Prime factorization of 46994 in exponential form is:

46994 = 2¹ × 23497¹

Step-3: Factors of 46990

List of positive integer factors of 46990 that divides 46990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 37, 74, 127, 185, 254, 370, 635, 1270, 4699, 9398, 23495

Step-4: Factors of 46994

List of positive integer factors of 46994 that divides 46990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23497

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46990 and 46994. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46990 and 46994 is 2.

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