What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45544 and 45550?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45544 and 45550 is 2.

GCF(45544,45550) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45544 and 45550, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45544 and 45550.

How to find the GCF of 45544 and 45550?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45544 and 45550. After we will calculate the factors of 45544 and 45550 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45544

Prime factors of 45544 are 2, 5693. Prime factorization of 45544 in exponential form is:

45544 = 2³ × 5693¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45550

Prime factors of 45550 are 2, 5, 911. Prime factorization of 45550 in exponential form is:

45550 = 2¹ × 5² × 911¹

Step-3: Factors of 45544

List of positive integer factors of 45544 that divides 45544 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5693, 11386, 22772

Step-4: Factors of 45550

List of positive integer factors of 45550 that divides 45544 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 911, 1822, 4555, 9110, 22775

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45544 and 45550. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45544 and 45550 is 2.

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