What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45591 and 45604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45591 and 45604 is 13.

GCF(45591,45604) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45591 and 45604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45591 and 45604.

How to find the GCF of 45591 and 45604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45591 and 45604. After we will calculate the factors of 45591 and 45604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45591

Prime factors of 45591 are 3, 7, 13, 167. Prime factorization of 45591 in exponential form is:

45591 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45604

Prime factors of 45604 are 2, 13, 877. Prime factorization of 45604 in exponential form is:

45604 = 2² × 13¹ × 877¹

Step-3: Factors of 45591

List of positive integer factors of 45591 that divides 45591 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 39, 91, 167, 273, 501, 1169, 2171, 3507, 6513, 15197

Step-4: Factors of 45604

List of positive integer factors of 45604 that divides 45591 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 877, 1754, 3508, 11401, 22802

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45591 and 45604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45591 and 45604 is 13.

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