What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5121 and 5136?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5121 and 5136 is 3.

GCF(5121,5136) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5121 and 5136, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5121 and 5136.

How to find the GCF of 5121 and 5136?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5121 and 5136. After we will calculate the factors of 5121 and 5136 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5121

Prime factors of 5121 are 3, 569. Prime factorization of 5121 in exponential form is:

5121 = 3² × 569¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5136

Prime factors of 5136 are 2, 3, 107. Prime factorization of 5136 in exponential form is:

5136 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 5121

List of positive integer factors of 5121 that divides 5121 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 569, 1707

Step-4: Factors of 5136

List of positive integer factors of 5136 that divides 5121 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 107, 214, 321, 428, 642, 856, 1284, 1712, 2568

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5121 and 5136. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5121 and 5136 is 3.

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