What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34887 and 34893?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34887 and 34893 is 3.

GCF(34887,34893) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34887 and 34893, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34887 and 34893.

How to find the GCF of 34887 and 34893?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34887 and 34893. After we will calculate the factors of 34887 and 34893 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34887

Prime factors of 34887 are 3, 29, 401. Prime factorization of 34887 in exponential form is:

34887 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 401¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34893

Prime factors of 34893 are 3, 3877. Prime factorization of 34893 in exponential form is:

34893 = 3² × 3877¹

Step-3: Factors of 34887

List of positive integer factors of 34887 that divides 34887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 401, 1203, 11629

Step-4: Factors of 34893

List of positive integer factors of 34893 that divides 34887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 3877, 11631

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34887 and 34893. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34887 and 34893 is 3.

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