What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45879 and 45897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45879 and 45897 is 3.

GCF(45879,45897) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45879 and 45897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45879 and 45897.

How to find the GCF of 45879 and 45897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45879 and 45897. After we will calculate the factors of 45879 and 45897 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45879

Prime factors of 45879 are 3, 41, 373. Prime factorization of 45879 in exponential form is:

45879 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45897

Prime factors of 45897 are 3, 15299. Prime factorization of 45897 in exponential form is:

45897 = 3¹ × 15299¹

Step-3: Factors of 45879

List of positive integer factors of 45879 that divides 45879 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 123, 373, 1119, 15293

Step-4: Factors of 45897

List of positive integer factors of 45897 that divides 45879 without a remainder.

1, 3, 15299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45879 and 45897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45879 and 45897 is 3.

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