What is the least common factor of 46 and 97?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 46 and 97?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 46 and 97.

Factors of 46 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 46. Likewise, factors of 97 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 97.

The factors of 46 are 1, 2, 23, and 46.

The factors 97 are 1 and 97.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 46 and 97?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 46 and 97 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 46 and 97, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 46 and 97, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 46 and 97. The greatest factor 46 and 97 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 46 and 97, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 46 and 97 is 4462.

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