What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6003 and 6018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6003 and 6018 is 3.

GCF(6003,6018) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6003 and 6018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6003 and 6018.

How to find the GCF of 6003 and 6018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6003 and 6018. After we will calculate the factors of 6003 and 6018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6003

Prime factors of 6003 are 3, 23, 29. Prime factorization of 6003 in exponential form is:

6003 = 3² × 23¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6018

Prime factors of 6018 are 2, 3, 17, 59. Prime factorization of 6018 in exponential form is:

6018 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 6003

List of positive integer factors of 6003 that divides 6003 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 29, 69, 87, 207, 261, 667, 2001

Step-4: Factors of 6018

List of positive integer factors of 6018 that divides 6003 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 59, 102, 118, 177, 354, 1003, 2006, 3009

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6003 and 6018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6003 and 6018 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6003 and 6018