What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44998 and 45008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44998 and 45008 is 2.

GCF(44998,45008) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44998 and 45008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44998 and 45008.

How to find the GCF of 44998 and 45008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44998 and 45008. After we will calculate the factors of 44998 and 45008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44998

Prime factors of 44998 are 2, 149, 151. Prime factorization of 44998 in exponential form is:

44998 = 2¹ × 149¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45008

Prime factors of 45008 are 2, 29, 97. Prime factorization of 45008 in exponential form is:

45008 = 2⁴ × 29¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 44998

List of positive integer factors of 44998 that divides 44998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 149, 151, 298, 302, 22499

Step-4: Factors of 45008

List of positive integer factors of 45008 that divides 44998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 58, 97, 116, 194, 232, 388, 464, 776, 1552, 2813, 5626, 11252, 22504

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44998 and 45008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44998 and 45008 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44998 and 45008