What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15051 and 15057?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15051 and 15057 is 3.

GCF(15051,15057) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15051 and 15057, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15051 and 15057.

How to find the GCF of 15051 and 15057?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15051 and 15057. After we will calculate the factors of 15051 and 15057 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15051

Prime factors of 15051 are 3, 29, 173. Prime factorization of 15051 in exponential form is:

15051 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15057

Prime factors of 15057 are 3, 7, 239. Prime factorization of 15057 in exponential form is:

15057 = 3² × 7¹ × 239¹

Step-3: Factors of 15051

List of positive integer factors of 15051 that divides 15051 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 173, 519, 5017

Step-4: Factors of 15057

List of positive integer factors of 15057 that divides 15051 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 239, 717, 1673, 2151, 5019

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15051 and 15057. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15051 and 15057 is 3.

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