What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66042 and 66051?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66042 and 66051 is 9.

GCF(66042,66051) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66042 and 66051, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66042 and 66051.

How to find the GCF of 66042 and 66051?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66042 and 66051. After we will calculate the factors of 66042 and 66051 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66042

Prime factors of 66042 are 2, 3, 1223. Prime factorization of 66042 in exponential form is:

66042 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66051

Prime factors of 66051 are 3, 41, 179. Prime factorization of 66051 in exponential form is:

66051 = 3² × 41¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 66042

List of positive integer factors of 66042 that divides 66042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1223, 2446, 3669, 7338, 11007, 22014, 33021

Step-4: Factors of 66051

List of positive integer factors of 66051 that divides 66042 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 41, 123, 179, 369, 537, 1611, 7339, 22017

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66042 and 66051. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66042 and 66051 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 66042 and 66051