What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45842 and 45858?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45842 and 45858 is 2.

GCF(45842,45858) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45842 and 45858, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45842 and 45858.

How to find the GCF of 45842 and 45858?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45842 and 45858. After we will calculate the factors of 45842 and 45858 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45842

Prime factors of 45842 are 2, 22921. Prime factorization of 45842 in exponential form is:

45842 = 2¹ × 22921¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45858

Prime factors of 45858 are 2, 3, 7643. Prime factorization of 45858 in exponential form is:

45858 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7643¹

Step-3: Factors of 45842

List of positive integer factors of 45842 that divides 45842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 22921

Step-4: Factors of 45858

List of positive integer factors of 45858 that divides 45842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7643, 15286, 22929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45842 and 45858. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45842 and 45858 is 2.

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