What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4521 and 4539?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4521 and 4539 is 3.

GCF(4521,4539) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4521 and 4539, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4521 and 4539.

How to find the GCF of 4521 and 4539?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4521 and 4539. After we will calculate the factors of 4521 and 4539 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4521

Prime factors of 4521 are 3, 11, 137. Prime factorization of 4521 in exponential form is:

4521 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4539

Prime factors of 4539 are 3, 17, 89. Prime factorization of 4539 in exponential form is:

4539 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 4521

List of positive integer factors of 4521 that divides 4521 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 137, 411, 1507

Step-4: Factors of 4539

List of positive integer factors of 4539 that divides 4521 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 89, 267, 1513

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4521 and 4539. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4521 and 4539 is 3.

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