What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61998 and 62008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61998 and 62008 is 2.

GCF(61998,62008) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61998 and 62008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61998 and 62008.

How to find the GCF of 61998 and 62008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61998 and 62008. After we will calculate the factors of 61998 and 62008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61998

Prime factors of 61998 are 2, 3, 10333. Prime factorization of 61998 in exponential form is:

61998 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10333¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62008

Prime factors of 62008 are 2, 23, 337. Prime factorization of 62008 in exponential form is:

62008 = 2³ × 23¹ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 61998

List of positive integer factors of 61998 that divides 61998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10333, 20666, 30999

Step-4: Factors of 62008

List of positive integer factors of 62008 that divides 61998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 184, 337, 674, 1348, 2696, 7751, 15502, 31004

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61998 and 62008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61998 and 62008 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 61998 and 62008