What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64527 and 64542?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64527 and 64542 is 3.

GCF(64527,64542) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64527 and 64542, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64527 and 64542.

How to find the GCF of 64527 and 64542?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64527 and 64542. After we will calculate the factors of 64527 and 64542 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64527

Prime factors of 64527 are 3, 137, 157. Prime factorization of 64527 in exponential form is:

64527 = 3¹ × 137¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64542

Prime factors of 64542 are 2, 3, 31, 347. Prime factorization of 64542 in exponential form is:

64542 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 64527

List of positive integer factors of 64527 that divides 64527 without a remainder.

1, 3, 137, 157, 411, 471, 21509

Step-4: Factors of 64542

List of positive integer factors of 64542 that divides 64527 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 186, 347, 694, 1041, 2082, 10757, 21514, 32271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64527 and 64542. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64527 and 64542 is 3.

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