What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45681 and 45687?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45681 and 45687 is 3.

GCF(45681,45687) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45681 and 45687, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45681 and 45687.

How to find the GCF of 45681 and 45687?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45681 and 45687. After we will calculate the factors of 45681 and 45687 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45681

Prime factors of 45681 are 3, 15227. Prime factorization of 45681 in exponential form is:

45681 = 3¹ × 15227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45687

Prime factors of 45687 are 3, 97, 157. Prime factorization of 45687 in exponential form is:

45687 = 3¹ × 97¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 45681

List of positive integer factors of 45681 that divides 45681 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15227

Step-4: Factors of 45687

List of positive integer factors of 45687 that divides 45681 without a remainder.

1, 3, 97, 157, 291, 471, 15229

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45681 and 45687. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45681 and 45687 is 3.

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