What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1521 and 1525?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1521 and 1525 is 1.

GCF(1521,1525) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1521 and 1525, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1521 and 1525.

How to find the GCF of 1521 and 1525?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1521 and 1525. After we will calculate the factors of 1521 and 1525 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1521

Prime factors of 1521 are 3, 13. Prime factorization of 1521 in exponential form is:

1521 = 3² × 13²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 1525

Prime factors of 1525 are 5, 61. Prime factorization of 1525 in exponential form is:

1525 = 5² × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 1521

List of positive integer factors of 1521 that divides 1521 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 169, 507

Step-4: Factors of 1525

List of positive integer factors of 1525 that divides 1521 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 61, 305

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1521 and 1525. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1521 and 1525 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 1521 and 1525