What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45241 and 45256?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45241 and 45256 is 1.

GCF(45241,45256) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45241 and 45256, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45241 and 45256.

How to find the GCF of 45241 and 45256?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45241 and 45256. After we will calculate the factors of 45241 and 45256 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45241

Prime factors of 45241 are 7, 23, 281. Prime factorization of 45241 in exponential form is:

45241 = 7¹ × 23¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45256

Prime factors of 45256 are 2, 5657. Prime factorization of 45256 in exponential form is:

45256 = 2³ × 5657¹

Step-3: Factors of 45241

List of positive integer factors of 45241 that divides 45241 without a remainder.

1, 7, 23, 161, 281, 1967, 6463

Step-4: Factors of 45256

List of positive integer factors of 45256 that divides 45241 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5657, 11314, 22628

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45241 and 45256. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45241 and 45256 is 1.

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