What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45837 and 45856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45837 and 45856 is 1.

GCF(45837,45856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45837 and 45856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45837 and 45856.

How to find the GCF of 45837 and 45856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45837 and 45856. After we will calculate the factors of 45837 and 45856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45837

Prime factors of 45837 are 3, 11, 463. Prime factorization of 45837 in exponential form is:

45837 = 3² × 11¹ × 463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45856

Prime factors of 45856 are 2, 1433. Prime factorization of 45856 in exponential form is:

45856 = 2⁵ × 1433¹

Step-3: Factors of 45837

List of positive integer factors of 45837 that divides 45837 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 463, 1389, 4167, 5093, 15279

Step-4: Factors of 45856

List of positive integer factors of 45856 that divides 45837 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1433, 2866, 5732, 11464, 22928

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45837 and 45856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45837 and 45856 is 1.

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