What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45684 and 45688?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45684 and 45688 is 4.

GCF(45684,45688) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45684 and 45688, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45684 and 45688.

How to find the GCF of 45684 and 45688?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45684 and 45688. After we will calculate the factors of 45684 and 45688 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45684

Prime factors of 45684 are 2, 3, 47. Prime factorization of 45684 in exponential form is:

45684 = 2² × 3⁵ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45688

Prime factors of 45688 are 2, 5711. Prime factorization of 45688 in exponential form is:

45688 = 2³ × 5711¹

Step-3: Factors of 45684

List of positive integer factors of 45684 that divides 45684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 47, 54, 81, 94, 108, 141, 162, 188, 243, 282, 324, 423, 486, 564, 846, 972, 1269, 1692, 2538, 3807, 5076, 7614, 11421, 15228, 22842

Step-4: Factors of 45688

List of positive integer factors of 45688 that divides 45684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5711, 11422, 22844

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45684 and 45688. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45684 and 45688 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45684 and 45688