What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51273 and 51279?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51273 and 51279 is 3.

GCF(51273,51279) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51273 and 51279, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51273 and 51279.

How to find the GCF of 51273 and 51279?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51273 and 51279. After we will calculate the factors of 51273 and 51279 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51273

Prime factors of 51273 are 3, 211. Prime factorization of 51273 in exponential form is:

51273 = 3⁵ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51279

Prime factors of 51279 are 3, 17093. Prime factorization of 51279 in exponential form is:

51279 = 3¹ × 17093¹

Step-3: Factors of 51273

List of positive integer factors of 51273 that divides 51273 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 211, 243, 633, 1899, 5697, 17091

Step-4: Factors of 51279

List of positive integer factors of 51279 that divides 51273 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17093

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51273 and 51279. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51273 and 51279 is 3.

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