What is the Greatest Common Factor of 96279 and 96291?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 96279 and 96291 is 3.

GCF(96279,96291) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 96279 and 96291, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 96279 and 96291.

How to find the GCF of 96279 and 96291?

We will first find the prime factorization of 96279 and 96291. After we will calculate the factors of 96279 and 96291 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 96279

Prime factors of 96279 are 3, 67, 479. Prime factorization of 96279 in exponential form is:

96279 = 3¹ × 67¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 96291

Prime factors of 96291 are 3, 13, 823. Prime factorization of 96291 in exponential form is:

96291 = 3² × 13¹ × 823¹

Step-3: Factors of 96279

List of positive integer factors of 96279 that divides 96279 without a remainder.

1, 3, 67, 201, 479, 1437, 32093

Step-4: Factors of 96291

List of positive integer factors of 96291 that divides 96279 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 823, 2469, 7407, 10699, 32097

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 96279 and 96291. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 96279 and 96291 is 3.

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