What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61548 and 61557?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61548 and 61557 is 3.

GCF(61548,61557) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61548 and 61557, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61548 and 61557.

How to find the GCF of 61548 and 61557?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61548 and 61557. After we will calculate the factors of 61548 and 61557 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 61557

Prime factors of 61557 are 3, 17, 71. Prime factorization of 61557 in exponential form is:

61557 = 3¹ × 17² × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 61548

List of positive integer factors of 61548 that divides 61548 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

Step-4: Factors of 61557

List of positive integer factors of 61557 that divides 61548 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 71, 213, 289, 867, 1207, 3621, 20519

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61548 and 61557. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61548 and 61557 is 3.

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