What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45342 and 45360?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45342 and 45360 is 18.

GCF(45342,45360) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45342 and 45360, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45342 and 45360.

How to find the GCF of 45342 and 45360?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45342 and 45360. After we will calculate the factors of 45342 and 45360 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45342

Prime factors of 45342 are 2, 3, 11, 229. Prime factorization of 45342 in exponential form is:

45342 = 2¹ × 3² × 11¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45360

Prime factors of 45360 are 2, 3, 5, 7. Prime factorization of 45360 in exponential form is:

45360 = 2⁴ × 3⁴ × 5¹ × 7¹

Step-3: Factors of 45342

List of positive integer factors of 45342 that divides 45342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 33, 66, 99, 198, 229, 458, 687, 1374, 2061, 2519, 4122, 5038, 7557, 15114, 22671

Step-4: Factors of 45360

List of positive integer factors of 45360 that divides 45342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 30, 35, 36, 40, 42, 45, 48, 54, 56, 60, 63, 70, 72, 80, 81, 84, 90, 105, 108, 112, 120, 126, 135, 140, 144, 162, 168, 180, 189, 210, 216, 240, 252, 270, 280, 315, 324, 336, 360, 378, 405, 420, 432, 504, 540, 560, 567, 630, 648, 720, 756, 810, 840, 945, 1008, 1080, 1134, 1260, 1296, 1512, 1620, 1680, 1890, 2160, 2268, 2520, 2835, 3024, 3240, 3780, 4536, 5040, 5670, 6480, 7560, 9072, 11340, 15120, 22680

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45342 and 45360. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45342 and 45360 is 18.

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