What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63261 and 63268?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63261 and 63268 is 1.

GCF(63261,63268) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63261 and 63268, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63261 and 63268.

How to find the GCF of 63261 and 63268?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63261 and 63268. After we will calculate the factors of 63261 and 63268 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63261

Prime factors of 63261 are 3, 11, 71. Prime factorization of 63261 in exponential form is:

63261 = 3⁴ × 11¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63268

Prime factors of 63268 are 2, 15817. Prime factorization of 63268 in exponential form is:

63268 = 2² × 15817¹

Step-3: Factors of 63261

List of positive integer factors of 63261 that divides 63261 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 27, 33, 71, 81, 99, 213, 297, 639, 781, 891, 1917, 2343, 5751, 7029, 21087

Step-4: Factors of 63268

List of positive integer factors of 63268 that divides 63261 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 15817, 31634

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63261 and 63268. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63261 and 63268 is 1.

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