What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45850 and 45857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45850 and 45857 is 7.

GCF(45850,45857) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45850 and 45857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45850 and 45857.

How to find the GCF of 45850 and 45857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45850 and 45857. After we will calculate the factors of 45850 and 45857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45850

Prime factors of 45850 are 2, 5, 7, 131. Prime factorization of 45850 in exponential form is:

45850 = 2¹ × 5² × 7¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45857

Prime factors of 45857 are 7, 6551. Prime factorization of 45857 in exponential form is:

45857 = 7¹ × 6551¹

Step-3: Factors of 45850

List of positive integer factors of 45850 that divides 45850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 25, 35, 50, 70, 131, 175, 262, 350, 655, 917, 1310, 1834, 3275, 4585, 6550, 9170, 22925

Step-4: Factors of 45857

List of positive integer factors of 45857 that divides 45850 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6551

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45850 and 45857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45850 and 45857 is 7.

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