What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45012 and 45021?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45012 and 45021 is 3.

GCF(45012,45021) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45012 and 45021, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45012 and 45021.

How to find the GCF of 45012 and 45021?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45012 and 45021. After we will calculate the factors of 45012 and 45021 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45012

Prime factors of 45012 are 2, 3, 11, 31. Prime factorization of 45012 in exponential form is:

45012 = 2² × 3¹ × 11² × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45021

Prime factors of 45021 are 3, 43, 349. Prime factorization of 45021 in exponential form is:

45021 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 349¹

Step-3: Factors of 45012

List of positive integer factors of 45012 that divides 45012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 31, 33, 44, 62, 66, 93, 121, 124, 132, 186, 242, 341, 363, 372, 484, 682, 726, 1023, 1364, 1452, 2046, 3751, 4092, 7502, 11253, 15004, 22506

Step-4: Factors of 45021

List of positive integer factors of 45021 that divides 45012 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 349, 1047, 15007

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45012 and 45021. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45012 and 45021 is 3.

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