What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54291 and 54309?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54291 and 54309 is 3.

GCF(54291,54309) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54291 and 54309, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54291 and 54309.

How to find the GCF of 54291 and 54309?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54291 and 54309. After we will calculate the factors of 54291 and 54309 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54291

Prime factors of 54291 are 3, 18097. Prime factorization of 54291 in exponential form is:

54291 = 3¹ × 18097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54309

Prime factors of 54309 are 3, 43, 421. Prime factorization of 54309 in exponential form is:

54309 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 54291

List of positive integer factors of 54291 that divides 54291 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18097

Step-4: Factors of 54309

List of positive integer factors of 54309 that divides 54291 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 421, 1263, 18103

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54291 and 54309. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54291 and 54309 is 3.

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