What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61539 and 61548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61539 and 61548 is 3.

GCF(61539,61548) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61539 and 61548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61539 and 61548.

How to find the GCF of 61539 and 61548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61539 and 61548. After we will calculate the factors of 61539 and 61548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61539

Prime factors of 61539 are 3, 73, 281. Prime factorization of 61539 in exponential form is:

61539 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61548

Prime factors of 61548 are 2, 3, 23, 223. Prime factorization of 61548 in exponential form is:

61548 = 2² × 3¹ × 23¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 61539

List of positive integer factors of 61539 that divides 61539 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 219, 281, 843, 20513

Step-4: Factors of 61548

List of positive integer factors of 61548 that divides 61539 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 23, 46, 69, 92, 138, 223, 276, 446, 669, 892, 1338, 2676, 5129, 10258, 15387, 20516, 30774

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61539 and 61548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61539 and 61548 is 3.

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