What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45968 and 45977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45968 and 45977 is 1.

GCF(45968,45977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45968 and 45977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45968 and 45977.

How to find the GCF of 45968 and 45977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45968 and 45977. After we will calculate the factors of 45968 and 45977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45968

Prime factors of 45968 are 2, 13, 17. Prime factorization of 45968 in exponential form is:

45968 = 2⁴ × 13² × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 45977

Prime factors of 45977 are 23, 1999. Prime factorization of 45977 in exponential form is:

45977 = 23¹ × 1999¹

Step-3: Factors of 45968

List of positive integer factors of 45968 that divides 45968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 17, 26, 34, 52, 68, 104, 136, 169, 208, 221, 272, 338, 442, 676, 884, 1352, 1768, 2704, 2873, 3536, 5746, 11492, 22984

Step-4: Factors of 45977

List of positive integer factors of 45977 that divides 45968 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45968 and 45977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45968 and 45977 is 1.

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