What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25965 and 25971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25965 and 25971 is 3.

GCF(25965,25971) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25965 and 25971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25965 and 25971.

How to find the GCF of 25965 and 25971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25965 and 25971. After we will calculate the factors of 25965 and 25971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25965

Prime factors of 25965 are 3, 5, 577. Prime factorization of 25965 in exponential form is:

25965 = 3² × 5¹ × 577¹

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 25965

List of positive integer factors of 25965 that divides 25965 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 577, 1731, 2885, 5193, 8655

Step-4: Factors of 25971

List of positive integer factors of 25971 that divides 25965 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25965 and 25971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25965 and 25971 is 3.

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