What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34278 and 34287?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34278 and 34287 is 3.

GCF(34278,34287) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34278 and 34287, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34278 and 34287.

How to find the GCF of 34278 and 34287?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34278 and 34287. After we will calculate the factors of 34278 and 34287 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34278

Prime factors of 34278 are 2, 3, 29, 197. Prime factorization of 34278 in exponential form is:

34278 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34287

Prime factors of 34287 are 3, 11, 1039. Prime factorization of 34287 in exponential form is:

34287 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1039¹

Step-3: Factors of 34278

List of positive integer factors of 34278 that divides 34278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 197, 394, 591, 1182, 5713, 11426, 17139

Step-4: Factors of 34287

List of positive integer factors of 34287 that divides 34278 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1039, 3117, 11429

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34278 and 34287. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34278 and 34287 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34278 and 34287