What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45945 and 45954?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45945 and 45954 is 9.

GCF(45945,45954) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45945 and 45954, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45945 and 45954.

How to find the GCF of 45945 and 45954?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45945 and 45954. After we will calculate the factors of 45945 and 45954 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45945

Prime factors of 45945 are 3, 5, 1021. Prime factorization of 45945 in exponential form is:

45945 = 3² × 5¹ × 1021¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45954

Prime factors of 45954 are 2, 3, 23, 37. Prime factorization of 45954 in exponential form is:

45954 = 2¹ × 3³ × 23¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 45945

List of positive integer factors of 45945 that divides 45945 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1021, 3063, 5105, 9189, 15315

Step-4: Factors of 45954

List of positive integer factors of 45954 that divides 45945 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 23, 27, 37, 46, 54, 69, 74, 111, 138, 207, 222, 333, 414, 621, 666, 851, 999, 1242, 1702, 1998, 2553, 5106, 7659, 15318, 22977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45945 and 45954. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45945 and 45954 is 9.

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