What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45931 and 45936?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45931 and 45936 is 1.

GCF(45931,45936) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45931 and 45936, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45931 and 45936.

How to find the GCF of 45931 and 45936?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45931 and 45936. After we will calculate the factors of 45931 and 45936 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45931

Prime factors of 45931 are 23, 1997. Prime factorization of 45931 in exponential form is:

45931 = 23¹ × 1997¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45936

Prime factors of 45936 are 2, 3, 11, 29. Prime factorization of 45936 in exponential form is:

45936 = 2⁴ × 3² × 11¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 45931

List of positive integer factors of 45931 that divides 45931 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1997

Step-4: Factors of 45936

List of positive integer factors of 45936 that divides 45931 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 29, 33, 36, 44, 48, 58, 66, 72, 87, 88, 99, 116, 132, 144, 174, 176, 198, 232, 261, 264, 319, 348, 396, 464, 522, 528, 638, 696, 792, 957, 1044, 1276, 1392, 1584, 1914, 2088, 2552, 2871, 3828, 4176, 5104, 5742, 7656, 11484, 15312, 22968

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45931 and 45936. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45931 and 45936 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45931 and 45936