What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45687 and 45699?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45687 and 45699 is 3.

GCF(45687,45699) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45687 and 45699, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45687 and 45699.

How to find the GCF of 45687 and 45699?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45687 and 45699. After we will calculate the factors of 45687 and 45699 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 45699

Prime factors of 45699 are 3, 15233. Prime factorization of 45699 in exponential form is:

45699 = 3¹ × 15233¹

Step-3: Factors of 45687

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 45699

List of positive integer factors of 45699 that divides 45687 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15233

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45687 and 45699. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45687 and 45699 is 3.

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