What is the Greatest Common Factor of 45995 and 46005?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 45995 and 46005 is 5.

GCF(45995,46005) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 45995 and 46005, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 45995 and 46005.

How to find the GCF of 45995 and 46005?

We will first find the prime factorization of 45995 and 46005. After we will calculate the factors of 45995 and 46005 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 45995

Prime factors of 45995 are 5, 9199. Prime factorization of 45995 in exponential form is:

45995 = 5¹ × 9199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46005

Prime factors of 46005 are 3, 5, 3067. Prime factorization of 46005 in exponential form is:

46005 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3067¹

Step-3: Factors of 45995

List of positive integer factors of 45995 that divides 45995 without a remainder.

1, 5, 9199

Step-4: Factors of 46005

List of positive integer factors of 46005 that divides 45995 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3067, 9201, 15335

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 45995 and 46005. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 45995 and 46005 is 5.

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