What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45711 and 45726?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45711 and 45726 is 3.

GCF(45711,45726) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45711 and 45726, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45711 and 45726.

How to find the GCF of 45711 and 45726?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45711 and 45726. After we will calculate the factors of 45711 and 45726 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45711

Prime factors of 45711 are 3, 1693. Prime factorization of 45711 in exponential form is:

45711 = 3³ × 1693¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45726

Prime factors of 45726 are 2, 3, 7621. Prime factorization of 45726 in exponential form is:

45726 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7621¹

Step-3: Factors of 45711

List of positive integer factors of 45711 that divides 45711 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1693, 5079, 15237

Step-4: Factors of 45726

List of positive integer factors of 45726 that divides 45711 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7621, 15242, 22863

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45711 and 45726. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45711 and 45726 is 3.

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