What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59529 and 59547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59529 and 59547 is 3.

GCF(59529,59547) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59529 and 59547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59529 and 59547.

How to find the GCF of 59529 and 59547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59529 and 59547. After we will calculate the factors of 59529 and 59547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59529

Prime factors of 59529 are 3, 19843. Prime factorization of 59529 in exponential form is:

59529 = 3¹ × 19843¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59547

Prime factors of 59547 are 3, 23, 863. Prime factorization of 59547 in exponential form is:

59547 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 863¹

Step-3: Factors of 59529

List of positive integer factors of 59529 that divides 59529 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19843

Step-4: Factors of 59547

List of positive integer factors of 59547 that divides 59529 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 863, 2589, 19849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59529 and 59547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59529 and 59547 is 3.

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