What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45046 and 45050?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45046 and 45050 is 2.

GCF(45046,45050) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45046 and 45050, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45046 and 45050.

How to find the GCF of 45046 and 45050?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45046 and 45050. After we will calculate the factors of 45046 and 45050 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45046

Prime factors of 45046 are 2, 101, 223. Prime factorization of 45046 in exponential form is:

45046 = 2¹ × 101¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45050

Prime factors of 45050 are 2, 5, 17, 53. Prime factorization of 45050 in exponential form is:

45050 = 2¹ × 5² × 17¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 45046

List of positive integer factors of 45046 that divides 45046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 202, 223, 446, 22523

Step-4: Factors of 45050

List of positive integer factors of 45050 that divides 45046 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 25, 34, 50, 53, 85, 106, 170, 265, 425, 530, 850, 901, 1325, 1802, 2650, 4505, 9010, 22525

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45046 and 45050. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45046 and 45050 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45046 and 45050