What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52857 and 52869?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52857 and 52869 is 3.

GCF(52857,52869) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52857 and 52869, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52857 and 52869.

How to find the GCF of 52857 and 52869?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52857 and 52869. After we will calculate the factors of 52857 and 52869 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52857

Prime factors of 52857 are 3, 7, 839. Prime factorization of 52857 in exponential form is:

52857 = 3² × 7¹ × 839¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52869

Prime factors of 52869 are 3, 17623. Prime factorization of 52869 in exponential form is:

52869 = 3¹ × 17623¹

Step-3: Factors of 52857

List of positive integer factors of 52857 that divides 52857 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 839, 2517, 5873, 7551, 17619

Step-4: Factors of 52869

List of positive integer factors of 52869 that divides 52857 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52857 and 52869. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52857 and 52869 is 3.

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