What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45501 and 45516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45501 and 45516 is 3.

GCF(45501,45516) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45501 and 45516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45501 and 45516.

How to find the GCF of 45501 and 45516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45501 and 45516. After we will calculate the factors of 45501 and 45516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45501

Prime factors of 45501 are 3, 29, 523. Prime factorization of 45501 in exponential form is:

45501 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45516

Prime factors of 45516 are 2, 3, 3793. Prime factorization of 45516 in exponential form is:

45516 = 2² × 3¹ × 3793¹

Step-3: Factors of 45501

List of positive integer factors of 45501 that divides 45501 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 523, 1569, 15167

Step-4: Factors of 45516

List of positive integer factors of 45516 that divides 45501 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3793, 7586, 11379, 15172, 22758

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45501 and 45516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45501 and 45516 is 3.

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