What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6126 and 6144?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6126 and 6144 is 6.

GCF(6126,6144) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6126 and 6144, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6126 and 6144.

How to find the GCF of 6126 and 6144?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6126 and 6144. After we will calculate the factors of 6126 and 6144 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6126

Prime factors of 6126 are 2, 3, 1021. Prime factorization of 6126 in exponential form is:

6126 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1021¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6144

Prime factors of 6144 are 2, 3. Prime factorization of 6144 in exponential form is:

6144 = 2¹¹ × 3¹

Step-3: Factors of 6126

List of positive integer factors of 6126 that divides 6126 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1021, 2042, 3063

Step-4: Factors of 6144

List of positive integer factors of 6144 that divides 6126 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048, 3072

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6126 and 6144. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6126 and 6144 is 6.

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