What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45918 and 45924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45918 and 45924 is 6.

GCF(45918,45924) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45918 and 45924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45918 and 45924.

How to find the GCF of 45918 and 45924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45918 and 45924. After we will calculate the factors of 45918 and 45924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 45924

Prime factors of 45924 are 2, 3, 43, 89. Prime factorization of 45924 in exponential form is:

45924 = 2² × 3¹ × 43¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 45918

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 45924

List of positive integer factors of 45924 that divides 45918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 43, 86, 89, 129, 172, 178, 258, 267, 356, 516, 534, 1068, 3827, 7654, 11481, 15308, 22962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45918 and 45924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45918 and 45924 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45918 and 45924