What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63132 and 63138?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63132 and 63138 is 6.

GCF(63132,63138) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63132 and 63138, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63132 and 63138.

How to find the GCF of 63132 and 63138?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63132 and 63138. After we will calculate the factors of 63132 and 63138 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63132

Prime factors of 63132 are 2, 3, 5261. Prime factorization of 63132 in exponential form is:

63132 = 2² × 3¹ × 5261¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63138

Prime factors of 63138 are 2, 3, 17, 619. Prime factorization of 63138 in exponential form is:

63138 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 619¹

Step-3: Factors of 63132

List of positive integer factors of 63132 that divides 63132 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 5261, 10522, 15783, 21044, 31566

Step-4: Factors of 63138

List of positive integer factors of 63138 that divides 63132 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 619, 1238, 1857, 3714, 10523, 21046, 31569

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63132 and 63138. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63132 and 63138 is 6.

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