What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45871 and 45891?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45871 and 45891 is 1.

GCF(45871,45891) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45871 and 45891, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45871 and 45891.

How to find the GCF of 45871 and 45891?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45871 and 45891. After we will calculate the factors of 45871 and 45891 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45871

Prime factors of 45871 are 7, 6553. Prime factorization of 45871 in exponential form is:

45871 = 7¹ × 6553¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45891

Prime factors of 45891 are 3, 5099. Prime factorization of 45891 in exponential form is:

45891 = 3² × 5099¹

Step-3: Factors of 45871

List of positive integer factors of 45871 that divides 45871 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6553

Step-4: Factors of 45891

List of positive integer factors of 45891 that divides 45871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 5099, 15297

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45871 and 45891. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45871 and 45891 is 1.

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