What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45988 and 46002?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45988 and 46002 is 2.

GCF(45988,46002) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45988 and 46002, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45988 and 46002.

How to find the GCF of 45988 and 46002?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45988 and 46002. After we will calculate the factors of 45988 and 46002 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45988

Prime factors of 45988 are 2, 11497. Prime factorization of 45988 in exponential form is:

45988 = 2² × 11497¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46002

Prime factors of 46002 are 2, 3, 11, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 46002 in exponential form is:

46002 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 45988

List of positive integer factors of 45988 that divides 45988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11497, 22994

Step-4: Factors of 46002

List of positive integer factors of 46002 that divides 45988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 17, 22, 33, 34, 41, 51, 66, 82, 102, 123, 187, 246, 374, 451, 561, 697, 902, 1122, 1353, 1394, 2091, 2706, 4182, 7667, 15334, 23001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45988 and 46002. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45988 and 46002 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 45988 and 46002