What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51849 and 51861?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51849 and 51861 is 3.

GCF(51849,51861) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51849 and 51861, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51849 and 51861.

How to find the GCF of 51849 and 51861?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51849 and 51861. After we will calculate the factors of 51849 and 51861 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51849

Prime factors of 51849 are 3, 7, 823. Prime factorization of 51849 in exponential form is:

51849 = 3² × 7¹ × 823¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51861

Prime factors of 51861 are 3, 59, 293. Prime factorization of 51861 in exponential form is:

51861 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 293¹

Step-3: Factors of 51849

List of positive integer factors of 51849 that divides 51849 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 823, 2469, 5761, 7407, 17283

Step-4: Factors of 51861

List of positive integer factors of 51861 that divides 51849 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 177, 293, 879, 17287

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51849 and 51861. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51849 and 51861 is 3.

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