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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4842 and 4857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4842 and 4857 is 3.

GCF(4842,4857) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4842 and 4857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4842 and 4857.

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How to find the GCF of 4842 and 4857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4842 and 4857. After we will calculate the factors of 4842 and 4857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4842

Prime factors of 4842 are 2, 3, 269. Prime factorization of 4842 in exponential form is:

4842 = 21 × 32 × 2691

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4857

Prime factors of 4857 are 3, 1619. Prime factorization of 4857 in exponential form is:

4857 = 31 × 16191

Step-3: Factors of 4842

List of positive integer factors of 4842 that divides 4842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 269, 538, 807, 1614, 2421

Step-4: Factors of 4857

List of positive integer factors of 4857 that divides 4842 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1619

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4842 and 4857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4842 and 4857 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 4842 and 4857