What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45158 and 45178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45158 and 45178 is 2.

GCF(45158,45178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45158 and 45178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45158 and 45178.

How to find the GCF of 45158 and 45178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45158 and 45178. After we will calculate the factors of 45158 and 45178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45158

Prime factors of 45158 are 2, 67, 337. Prime factorization of 45158 in exponential form is:

45158 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 337¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45178

Prime factors of 45178 are 2, 7, 461. Prime factorization of 45178 in exponential form is:

45178 = 2¹ × 7² × 461¹

Step-3: Factors of 45158

List of positive integer factors of 45158 that divides 45158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 337, 674, 22579

Step-4: Factors of 45178

List of positive integer factors of 45178 that divides 45158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 461, 922, 3227, 6454, 22589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45158 and 45178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45158 and 45178 is 2.

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