What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51951 and 51969?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51951 and 51969 is 3.

GCF(51951,51969) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51951 and 51969, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51951 and 51969.

How to find the GCF of 51951 and 51969?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51951 and 51969. After we will calculate the factors of 51951 and 51969 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51951

Prime factors of 51951 are 3, 17317. Prime factorization of 51951 in exponential form is:

51951 = 3¹ × 17317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51969

Prime factors of 51969 are 3, 17, 1019. Prime factorization of 51969 in exponential form is:

51969 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1019¹

Step-3: Factors of 51951

List of positive integer factors of 51951 that divides 51951 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17317

Step-4: Factors of 51969

List of positive integer factors of 51969 that divides 51951 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1019, 3057, 17323

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51951 and 51969. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51951 and 51969 is 3.

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