What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54144 and 54159?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54144 and 54159 is 3.

GCF(54144,54159) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54144 and 54159, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54144 and 54159.

How to find the GCF of 54144 and 54159?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54144 and 54159. After we will calculate the factors of 54144 and 54159 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54144

Prime factors of 54144 are 2, 3, 47. Prime factorization of 54144 in exponential form is:

54144 = 2⁷ × 3² × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54159

Prime factors of 54159 are 3, 7, 2579. Prime factorization of 54159 in exponential form is:

54159 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2579¹

Step-3: Factors of 54144

List of positive integer factors of 54144 that divides 54144 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 47, 48, 64, 72, 94, 96, 128, 141, 144, 188, 192, 282, 288, 376, 384, 423, 564, 576, 752, 846, 1128, 1152, 1504, 1692, 2256, 3008, 3384, 4512, 6016, 6768, 9024, 13536, 18048, 27072

Step-4: Factors of 54159

List of positive integer factors of 54159 that divides 54144 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2579, 7737, 18053

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54144 and 54159. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54144 and 54159 is 3.

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