What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45992 and 46010?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45992 and 46010 is 2.

GCF(45992,46010) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45992 and 46010, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45992 and 46010.

How to find the GCF of 45992 and 46010?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45992 and 46010. After we will calculate the factors of 45992 and 46010 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45992

Prime factors of 45992 are 2, 5749. Prime factorization of 45992 in exponential form is:

45992 = 2³ × 5749¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46010

Prime factors of 46010 are 2, 5, 43, 107. Prime factorization of 46010 in exponential form is:

46010 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 43¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 45992

List of positive integer factors of 45992 that divides 45992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5749, 11498, 22996

Step-4: Factors of 46010

List of positive integer factors of 46010 that divides 45992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 43, 86, 107, 214, 215, 430, 535, 1070, 4601, 9202, 23005

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45992 and 46010. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45992 and 46010 is 2.

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