What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52899 and 52905?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52899 and 52905 is 3.

GCF(52899,52905) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52899 and 52905, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52899 and 52905.

How to find the GCF of 52899 and 52905?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52899 and 52905. After we will calculate the factors of 52899 and 52905 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52899

Prime factors of 52899 are 3, 7, 11, 229. Prime factorization of 52899 in exponential form is:

52899 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52905

Prime factors of 52905 are 3, 5, 3527. Prime factorization of 52905 in exponential form is:

52905 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 3527¹

Step-3: Factors of 52899

List of positive integer factors of 52899 that divides 52899 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 77, 229, 231, 687, 1603, 2519, 4809, 7557, 17633

Step-4: Factors of 52905

List of positive integer factors of 52905 that divides 52899 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 3527, 10581, 17635

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52899 and 52905. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52899 and 52905 is 3.

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