What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34212 and 34221?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34212 and 34221 is 3.

GCF(34212,34221) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34212 and 34221, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34212 and 34221.

How to find the GCF of 34212 and 34221?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34212 and 34221. After we will calculate the factors of 34212 and 34221 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34212

Prime factors of 34212 are 2, 3, 2851. Prime factorization of 34212 in exponential form is:

34212 = 2² × 3¹ × 2851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34221

Prime factors of 34221 are 3, 11, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 34221 in exponential form is:

34221 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 34212

List of positive integer factors of 34212 that divides 34212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 2851, 5702, 8553, 11404, 17106

Step-4: Factors of 34221

List of positive integer factors of 34221 that divides 34212 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 17, 33, 51, 61, 183, 187, 561, 671, 1037, 2013, 3111, 11407

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34212 and 34221. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34212 and 34221 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34212 and 34221