What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6046 and 6062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6046 and 6062 is 2.

GCF(6046,6062) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6046 and 6062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6046 and 6062.

How to find the GCF of 6046 and 6062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6046 and 6062. After we will calculate the factors of 6046 and 6062 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6046

Prime factors of 6046 are 2, 3023. Prime factorization of 6046 in exponential form is:

6046 = 2¹ × 3023¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6062

Prime factors of 6062 are 2, 7, 433. Prime factorization of 6062 in exponential form is:

6062 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 6046

List of positive integer factors of 6046 that divides 6046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3023

Step-4: Factors of 6062

List of positive integer factors of 6062 that divides 6046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 433, 866, 3031

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6046 and 6062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6046 and 6062 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6046 and 6062