What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45756 and 45772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45756 and 45772 is 4.

GCF(45756,45772) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45756 and 45772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45756 and 45772.

How to find the GCF of 45756 and 45772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45756 and 45772. After we will calculate the factors of 45756 and 45772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45756

Prime factors of 45756 are 2, 3, 31, 41. Prime factorization of 45756 in exponential form is:

45756 = 2² × 3² × 31¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45772

Prime factors of 45772 are 2, 11443. Prime factorization of 45772 in exponential form is:

45772 = 2² × 11443¹

Step-3: Factors of 45756

List of positive integer factors of 45756 that divides 45756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 31, 36, 41, 62, 82, 93, 123, 124, 164, 186, 246, 279, 369, 372, 492, 558, 738, 1116, 1271, 1476, 2542, 3813, 5084, 7626, 11439, 15252, 22878

Step-4: Factors of 45772

List of positive integer factors of 45772 that divides 45756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11443, 22886

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45756 and 45772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45756 and 45772 is 4.

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