What is the Greatest Common Factor of 69261 and 69279?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 69261 and 69279 is 3.

GCF(69261,69279) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 69261 and 69279, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 69261 and 69279.

How to find the GCF of 69261 and 69279?

We will first find the prime factorization of 69261 and 69279. After we will calculate the factors of 69261 and 69279 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 69261

Prime factors of 69261 are 3, 23087. Prime factorization of 69261 in exponential form is:

69261 = 3¹ × 23087¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 69279

Prime factors of 69279 are 3, 7, 3299. Prime factorization of 69279 in exponential form is:

69279 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3299¹

Step-3: Factors of 69261

List of positive integer factors of 69261 that divides 69261 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23087

Step-4: Factors of 69279

List of positive integer factors of 69279 that divides 69261 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3299, 9897, 23093

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 69261 and 69279. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 69261 and 69279 is 3.

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