What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54564 and 54579?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54564 and 54579 is 3.

GCF(54564,54579) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54564 and 54579, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54564 and 54579.

How to find the GCF of 54564 and 54579?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54564 and 54579. After we will calculate the factors of 54564 and 54579 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54564

Prime factors of 54564 are 2, 3, 4547. Prime factorization of 54564 in exponential form is:

54564 = 2² × 3¹ × 4547¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54579

Prime factors of 54579 are 3, 7, 23, 113. Prime factorization of 54579 in exponential form is:

54579 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 54564

List of positive integer factors of 54564 that divides 54564 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4547, 9094, 13641, 18188, 27282

Step-4: Factors of 54579

List of positive integer factors of 54579 that divides 54564 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 23, 69, 113, 161, 339, 483, 791, 2373, 2599, 7797, 18193

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54564 and 54579. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54564 and 54579 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54564 and 54579