What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54156 and 54171?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54156 and 54171 is 3.

GCF(54156,54171) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54156 and 54171, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54156 and 54171.

How to find the GCF of 54156 and 54171?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54156 and 54171. After we will calculate the factors of 54156 and 54171 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54156

Prime factors of 54156 are 2, 3, 4513. Prime factorization of 54156 in exponential form is:

54156 = 2² × 3¹ × 4513¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54171

Prime factors of 54171 are 3, 13, 463. Prime factorization of 54171 in exponential form is:

54171 = 3² × 13¹ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 54156

List of positive integer factors of 54156 that divides 54156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 4513, 9026, 13539, 18052, 27078

Step-4: Factors of 54171

List of positive integer factors of 54171 that divides 54156 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 463, 1389, 4167, 6019, 18057

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54156 and 54171. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54156 and 54171 is 3.

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