What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54969 and 54981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54969 and 54981 is 3.

GCF(54969,54981) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54969 and 54981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54969 and 54981.

How to find the GCF of 54969 and 54981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54969 and 54981. After we will calculate the factors of 54969 and 54981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54969

Prime factors of 54969 are 3, 73, 251. Prime factorization of 54969 in exponential form is:

54969 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54981

Prime factors of 54981 are 3, 41, 149. Prime factorization of 54981 in exponential form is:

54981 = 3² × 41¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 54969

List of positive integer factors of 54969 that divides 54969 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 219, 251, 753, 18323

Step-4: Factors of 54981

List of positive integer factors of 54981 that divides 54969 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 41, 123, 149, 369, 447, 1341, 6109, 18327

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54969 and 54981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54969 and 54981 is 3.

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