What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45886 and 45896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45886 and 45896 is 2.

GCF(45886,45896) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45886 and 45896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45886 and 45896.

How to find the GCF of 45886 and 45896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45886 and 45896. After we will calculate the factors of 45886 and 45896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45886

Prime factors of 45886 are 2, 22943. Prime factorization of 45886 in exponential form is:

45886 = 2¹ × 22943¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45896

Prime factors of 45896 are 2, 5737. Prime factorization of 45896 in exponential form is:

45896 = 2³ × 5737¹

Step-3: Factors of 45886

List of positive integer factors of 45886 that divides 45886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 22943

Step-4: Factors of 45896

List of positive integer factors of 45896 that divides 45886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5737, 11474, 22948

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45886 and 45896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45886 and 45896 is 2.

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