What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45927 and 45946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45927 and 45946 is 1.

GCF(45927,45946) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45927 and 45946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45927 and 45946.

How to find the GCF of 45927 and 45946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45927 and 45946. After we will calculate the factors of 45927 and 45946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45927

Prime factors of 45927 are 3, 7. Prime factorization of 45927 in exponential form is:

45927 = 3⁸ × 7¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45946

Prime factors of 45946 are 2, 22973. Prime factorization of 45946 in exponential form is:

45946 = 2¹ × 22973¹

Step-3: Factors of 45927

List of positive integer factors of 45927 that divides 45927 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 81, 189, 243, 567, 729, 1701, 2187, 5103, 6561, 15309

Step-4: Factors of 45946

List of positive integer factors of 45946 that divides 45927 without a remainder.

1, 2, 22973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45927 and 45946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45927 and 45946 is 1.

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