What is the Greatest Common Factor of 399 and 414?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 399 and 414 is 3.

GCF(399,414) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 399 and 414, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 399 and 414.

How to find the GCF of 399 and 414?

We will first find the prime factorization of 399 and 414. After we will calculate the factors of 399 and 414 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 399

Prime factors of 399 are 3, 7, 19. Prime factorization of 399 in exponential form is:

399 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 19¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 414

Prime factors of 414 are 2, 3, 23. Prime factorization of 414 in exponential form is:

414 = 2¹ × 3² × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 399

List of positive integer factors of 399 that divides 399 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 19, 21, 57, 133

Step-4: Factors of 414

List of positive integer factors of 414 that divides 399 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 23, 46, 69, 138, 207

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 399 and 414. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 399 and 414 is 3.

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