What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45896 and 45900?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45896 and 45900 is 4.

GCF(45896,45900) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45896 and 45900, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45896 and 45900.

How to find the GCF of 45896 and 45900?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45896 and 45900. After we will calculate the factors of 45896 and 45900 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45896

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

45896 = 2³ × 5737¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45900

Prime factors of 45900 are 2, 3, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 45900 in exponential form is:

45900 = 2² × 3³ × 5² × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 45896

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 45900

List of positive integer factors of 45900 that divides 45896 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20, 25, 27, 30, 34, 36, 45, 50, 51, 54, 60, 68, 75, 85, 90, 100, 102, 108, 135, 150, 153, 170, 180, 204, 225, 255, 270, 300, 306, 340, 425, 450, 459, 510, 540, 612, 675, 765, 850, 900, 918, 1020, 1275, 1350, 1530, 1700, 1836, 2295, 2550, 2700, 3060, 3825, 4590, 5100, 7650, 9180, 11475, 15300, 22950

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45896 and 45900. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45896 and 45900 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45896 and 45900