What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4521 and 4540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4521 and 4540 is 1.

GCF(4521,4540) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4521 and 4540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4521 and 4540.

How to find the GCF of 4521 and 4540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4521 and 4540. After we will calculate the factors of 4521 and 4540 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 4540

Prime factors of 4540 are 2, 5, 227. Prime factorization of 4540 in exponential form is:

4540 = 2² × 5¹ × 227¹

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 4540

List of positive integer factors of 4540 that divides 4521 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 227, 454, 908, 1135, 2270

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4521 and 4540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4521 and 4540 is 1.

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