What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45531 and 45538?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45531 and 45538 is 1.

GCF(45531,45538) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45531 and 45538, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45531 and 45538.

How to find the GCF of 45531 and 45538?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45531 and 45538. After we will calculate the factors of 45531 and 45538 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45531

Prime factors of 45531 are 3, 5059. Prime factorization of 45531 in exponential form is:

45531 = 3² × 5059¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45538

Prime factors of 45538 are 2, 22769. Prime factorization of 45538 in exponential form is:

45538 = 2¹ × 22769¹

Step-3: Factors of 45531

List of positive integer factors of 45531 that divides 45531 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5059, 15177

Step-4: Factors of 45538

List of positive integer factors of 45538 that divides 45531 without a remainder.

1, 2, 22769

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45531 and 45538. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45531 and 45538 is 1.

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