What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62072 and 62076?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62072 and 62076 is 4.

GCF(62072,62076) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62072 and 62076, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62072 and 62076.

How to find the GCF of 62072 and 62076?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62072 and 62076. After we will calculate the factors of 62072 and 62076 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62072

Prime factors of 62072 are 2, 7759. Prime factorization of 62072 in exponential form is:

62072 = 2³ × 7759¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62076

Prime factors of 62076 are 2, 3, 7, 739. Prime factorization of 62076 in exponential form is:

62076 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 739¹

Step-3: Factors of 62072

List of positive integer factors of 62072 that divides 62072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 7759, 15518, 31036

Step-4: Factors of 62076

List of positive integer factors of 62076 that divides 62072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 739, 1478, 2217, 2956, 4434, 5173, 8868, 10346, 15519, 20692, 31038

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62072 and 62076. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62072 and 62076 is 4.

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