What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60039 and 60051?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60039 and 60051 is 3.

GCF(60039,60051) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60039 and 60051, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60039 and 60051.

How to find the GCF of 60039 and 60051?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60039 and 60051. After we will calculate the factors of 60039 and 60051 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60039

Prime factors of 60039 are 3, 7, 953. Prime factorization of 60039 in exponential form is:

60039 = 3² × 7¹ × 953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60051

Prime factors of 60051 are 3, 37, 541. Prime factorization of 60051 in exponential form is:

60051 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 60039

List of positive integer factors of 60039 that divides 60039 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 953, 2859, 6671, 8577, 20013

Step-4: Factors of 60051

List of positive integer factors of 60051 that divides 60039 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 541, 1623, 20017

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60039 and 60051. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60039 and 60051 is 3.

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