What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45946 and 45964?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45946 and 45964 is 2.

GCF(45946,45964) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45946 and 45964, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45946 and 45964.

How to find the GCF of 45946 and 45964?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45946 and 45964. After we will calculate the factors of 45946 and 45964 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45946

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

45946 = 2¹ × 22973¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45964

Prime factors of 45964 are 2, 11491. Prime factorization of 45964 in exponential form is:

45964 = 2² × 11491¹

Step-3: Factors of 45946

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

1, 2, 22973

Step-4: Factors of 45964

List of positive integer factors of 45964 that divides 45946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11491, 22982

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45946 and 45964. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45946 and 45964 is 2.

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