What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45900 and 45918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45900 and 45918 is 18.

GCF(45900,45918) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45900 and 45918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45900 and 45918.

How to find the GCF of 45900 and 45918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45900 and 45918. After we will calculate the factors of 45900 and 45918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 45918

Prime factors of 45918 are 2, 3, 2551. Prime factorization of 45918 in exponential form is:

45918 = 2¹ × 3² × 2551¹

Step-3: Factors of 45900

List of positive integer factors of 45900 that divides 45900 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

Step-4: Factors of 45918

List of positive integer factors of 45918 that divides 45900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2551, 5102, 7653, 15306, 22959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45900 and 45918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45900 and 45918 is 18.

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