What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45724 and 45731?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45724 and 45731 is 7.

GCF(45724,45731) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45724 and 45731, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45724 and 45731.

How to find the GCF of 45724 and 45731?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45724 and 45731. After we will calculate the factors of 45724 and 45731 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45724

Prime factors of 45724 are 2, 7, 23, 71. Prime factorization of 45724 in exponential form is:

45724 = 2² × 7¹ × 23¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45731

Prime factors of 45731 are 7, 47, 139. Prime factorization of 45731 in exponential form is:

45731 = 7¹ × 47¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 45724

List of positive integer factors of 45724 that divides 45724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 23, 28, 46, 71, 92, 142, 161, 284, 322, 497, 644, 994, 1633, 1988, 3266, 6532, 11431, 22862

Step-4: Factors of 45731

List of positive integer factors of 45731 that divides 45724 without a remainder.

1, 7, 47, 139, 329, 973, 6533

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45724 and 45731. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45724 and 45731 is 7.

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