What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45466 and 45478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45466 and 45478 is 2.

GCF(45466,45478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45466 and 45478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45466 and 45478.

How to find the GCF of 45466 and 45478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45466 and 45478. After we will calculate the factors of 45466 and 45478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45466

Prime factors of 45466 are 2, 127, 179. Prime factorization of 45466 in exponential form is:

45466 = 2¹ × 127¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45478

Prime factors of 45478 are 2, 22739. Prime factorization of 45478 in exponential form is:

45478 = 2¹ × 22739¹

Step-3: Factors of 45466

List of positive integer factors of 45466 that divides 45466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 127, 179, 254, 358, 22733

Step-4: Factors of 45478

List of positive integer factors of 45478 that divides 45466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 22739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45466 and 45478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45466 and 45478 is 2.

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