What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10251 and 10257?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10251 and 10257 is 3.

GCF(10251,10257) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10251 and 10257, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10251 and 10257.

How to find the GCF of 10251 and 10257?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10251 and 10257. After we will calculate the factors of 10251 and 10257 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10251

Prime factors of 10251 are 3, 17, 67. Prime factorization of 10251 in exponential form is:

10251 = 3² × 17¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10257

Prime factors of 10257 are 3, 13, 263. Prime factorization of 10257 in exponential form is:

10257 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 10251

List of positive integer factors of 10251 that divides 10251 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 67, 153, 201, 603, 1139, 3417

Step-4: Factors of 10257

List of positive integer factors of 10257 that divides 10251 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 263, 789, 3419

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10251 and 10257. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10251 and 10257 is 3.

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