What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51231 and 51246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51231 and 51246 is 3.

GCF(51231,51246) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51231 and 51246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51231 and 51246.

How to find the GCF of 51231 and 51246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51231 and 51246. After we will calculate the factors of 51231 and 51246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51231

Prime factors of 51231 are 3, 17077. Prime factorization of 51231 in exponential form is:

51231 = 3¹ × 17077¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51246

Prime factors of 51246 are 2, 3, 13, 73. Prime factorization of 51246 in exponential form is:

51246 = 2¹ × 3³ × 13¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 51231

List of positive integer factors of 51231 that divides 51231 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17077

Step-4: Factors of 51246

List of positive integer factors of 51246 that divides 51231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 27, 39, 54, 73, 78, 117, 146, 219, 234, 351, 438, 657, 702, 949, 1314, 1898, 1971, 2847, 3942, 5694, 8541, 17082, 25623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51231 and 51246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51231 and 51246 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51231 and 51246