What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45579 and 45594?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45579 and 45594 is 3.

GCF(45579,45594) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45579 and 45594, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45579 and 45594.

How to find the GCF of 45579 and 45594?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45579 and 45594. After we will calculate the factors of 45579 and 45594 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45579

Prime factors of 45579 are 3, 15193. Prime factorization of 45579 in exponential form is:

45579 = 3¹ × 15193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45594

Prime factors of 45594 are 2, 3, 17, 149. Prime factorization of 45594 in exponential form is:

45594 = 2¹ × 3² × 17¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 45579

List of positive integer factors of 45579 that divides 45579 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15193

Step-4: Factors of 45594

List of positive integer factors of 45594 that divides 45579 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 34, 51, 102, 149, 153, 298, 306, 447, 894, 1341, 2533, 2682, 5066, 7599, 15198, 22797

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45579 and 45594. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45579 and 45594 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45579 and 45594