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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25959 and 25971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25959 and 25971 is 3.

GCF(25959,25971) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25959 and 25971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25959 and 25971.

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How to find the GCF of 25959 and 25971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25959 and 25971. After we will calculate the factors of 25959 and 25971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25959

Prime factors of 25959 are 3, 17, 509. Prime factorization of 25959 in exponential form is:

25959 = 31 × 171 × 5091

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25971

Prime factors of 25971 are 3, 11, 787. Prime factorization of 25971 in exponential form is:

25971 = 31 × 111 × 7871

Step-3: Factors of 25959

List of positive integer factors of 25959 that divides 25959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 509, 1527, 8653

Step-4: Factors of 25971

List of positive integer factors of 25971 that divides 25959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 787, 2361, 8657

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25959 and 25971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25959 and 25971 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 25959 and 25971