What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45490 and 45496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45490 and 45496 is 2.

GCF(45490,45496) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45490 and 45496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45490 and 45496.

How to find the GCF of 45490 and 45496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45490 and 45496. After we will calculate the factors of 45490 and 45496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45490

Prime factors of 45490 are 2, 5, 4549. Prime factorization of 45490 in exponential form is:

45490 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4549¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45496

Prime factors of 45496 are 2, 11, 47. Prime factorization of 45496 in exponential form is:

45496 = 2³ × 11² × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 45490

List of positive integer factors of 45490 that divides 45490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4549, 9098, 22745

Step-4: Factors of 45496

List of positive integer factors of 45496 that divides 45490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 47, 88, 94, 121, 188, 242, 376, 484, 517, 968, 1034, 2068, 4136, 5687, 11374, 22748

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45490 and 45496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45490 and 45496 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45490 and 45496