What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45746 and 45764?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45746 and 45764 is 2.

GCF(45746,45764) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45746 and 45764, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45746 and 45764.

How to find the GCF of 45746 and 45764?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45746 and 45764. After we will calculate the factors of 45746 and 45764 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45746

Prime factors of 45746 are 2, 89, 257. Prime factorization of 45746 in exponential form is:

45746 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45764

Prime factors of 45764 are 2, 17, 673. Prime factorization of 45764 in exponential form is:

45764 = 2² × 17¹ × 673¹

Step-3: Factors of 45746

List of positive integer factors of 45746 that divides 45746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 178, 257, 514, 22873

Step-4: Factors of 45764

List of positive integer factors of 45764 that divides 45746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 673, 1346, 2692, 11441, 22882

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45746 and 45764. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45746 and 45764 is 2.

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