What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45518 and 45530?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45518 and 45530 is 2.

GCF(45518,45530) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45518 and 45530, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45518 and 45530.

How to find the GCF of 45518 and 45530?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45518 and 45530. After we will calculate the factors of 45518 and 45530 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45518

Prime factors of 45518 are 2, 11, 2069. Prime factorization of 45518 in exponential form is:

45518 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2069¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45530

Prime factors of 45530 are 2, 5, 29, 157. Prime factorization of 45530 in exponential form is:

45530 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 45518

List of positive integer factors of 45518 that divides 45518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2069, 4138, 22759

Step-4: Factors of 45530

List of positive integer factors of 45530 that divides 45518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 29, 58, 145, 157, 290, 314, 785, 1570, 4553, 9106, 22765

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45518 and 45530. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45518 and 45530 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45518 and 45530