What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34512 and 34518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34512 and 34518 is 6.

GCF(34512,34518) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34512 and 34518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34512 and 34518.

How to find the GCF of 34512 and 34518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34512 and 34518. After we will calculate the factors of 34512 and 34518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34512

Prime factors of 34512 are 2, 3, 719. Prime factorization of 34512 in exponential form is:

34512 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 719¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34518

Prime factors of 34518 are 2, 3, 11, 523. Prime factorization of 34518 in exponential form is:

34518 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 34512

List of positive integer factors of 34512 that divides 34512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 719, 1438, 2157, 2876, 4314, 5752, 8628, 11504, 17256

Step-4: Factors of 34518

List of positive integer factors of 34518 that divides 34512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 523, 1046, 1569, 3138, 5753, 11506, 17259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34512 and 34518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34512 and 34518 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34512 and 34518