What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61959 and 61968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61959 and 61968 is 3.

GCF(61959,61968) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61959 and 61968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61959 and 61968.

How to find the GCF of 61959 and 61968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61959 and 61968. After we will calculate the factors of 61959 and 61968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61959

Prime factors of 61959 are 3, 19, 1087. Prime factorization of 61959 in exponential form is:

61959 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 1087¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61968

Prime factors of 61968 are 2, 3, 1291. Prime factorization of 61968 in exponential form is:

61968 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1291¹

Step-3: Factors of 61959

List of positive integer factors of 61959 that divides 61959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 1087, 3261, 20653

Step-4: Factors of 61968

List of positive integer factors of 61968 that divides 61959 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1291, 2582, 3873, 5164, 7746, 10328, 15492, 20656, 30984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61959 and 61968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61959 and 61968 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 61959 and 61968