What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70899 and 70905?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70899 and 70905 is 3.

GCF(70899,70905) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70899 and 70905, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70899 and 70905.

How to find the GCF of 70899 and 70905?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70899 and 70905. After we will calculate the factors of 70899 and 70905 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70899

Prime factors of 70899 are 3, 23633. Prime factorization of 70899 in exponential form is:

70899 = 3¹ × 23633¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70905

Prime factors of 70905 are 3, 5, 29, 163. Prime factorization of 70905 in exponential form is:

70905 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 70899

List of positive integer factors of 70899 that divides 70899 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23633

Step-4: Factors of 70905

List of positive integer factors of 70905 that divides 70899 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 29, 87, 145, 163, 435, 489, 815, 2445, 4727, 14181, 23635

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70899 and 70905. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70899 and 70905 is 3.

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