What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45950 and 45970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45950 and 45970 is 10.

GCF(45950,45970) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45950 and 45970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45950 and 45970.

How to find the GCF of 45950 and 45970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45950 and 45970. After we will calculate the factors of 45950 and 45970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45950

Prime factors of 45950 are 2, 5, 919. Prime factorization of 45950 in exponential form is:

45950 = 2¹ × 5² × 919¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45970

Prime factors of 45970 are 2, 5, 4597. Prime factorization of 45970 in exponential form is:

45970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4597¹

Step-3: Factors of 45950

List of positive integer factors of 45950 that divides 45950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 919, 1838, 4595, 9190, 22975

Step-4: Factors of 45970

List of positive integer factors of 45970 that divides 45950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4597, 9194, 22985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45950 and 45970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45950 and 45970 is 10.

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