What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61995 and 62001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61995 and 62001 is 3.

GCF(61995,62001) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61995 and 62001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61995 and 62001.

How to find the GCF of 61995 and 62001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61995 and 62001. After we will calculate the factors of 61995 and 62001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61995

Prime factors of 61995 are 3, 5, 4133. Prime factorization of 61995 in exponential form is:

61995 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4133¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62001

Prime factors of 62001 are 3, 83. Prime factorization of 62001 in exponential form is:

62001 = 3² × 83²

Step-3: Factors of 61995

List of positive integer factors of 61995 that divides 61995 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4133, 12399, 20665

Step-4: Factors of 62001

List of positive integer factors of 62001 that divides 61995 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 83, 249, 747, 6889, 20667

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61995 and 62001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61995 and 62001 is 3.

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