What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45952 and 45971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45952 and 45971 is 1.

GCF(45952,45971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45952 and 45971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45952 and 45971.

How to find the GCF of 45952 and 45971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45952 and 45971. After we will calculate the factors of 45952 and 45971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45952

Prime factors of 45952 are 2, 359. Prime factorization of 45952 in exponential form is:

45952 = 2⁷ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45971

Prime factors of 45971 are 45971. Prime factorization of 45971 in exponential form is:

45971 = 45971¹

Step-3: Factors of 45952

List of positive integer factors of 45952 that divides 45952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 359, 718, 1436, 2872, 5744, 11488, 22976

Step-4: Factors of 45971

List of positive integer factors of 45971 that divides 45952 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45952 and 45971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45952 and 45971 is 1.

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