What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62156 and 62172?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62156 and 62172 is 4.

GCF(62156,62172) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62156 and 62172, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62156 and 62172.

How to find the GCF of 62156 and 62172?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62156 and 62172. After we will calculate the factors of 62156 and 62172 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62156

Prime factors of 62156 are 2, 41, 379. Prime factorization of 62156 in exponential form is:

62156 = 2² × 41¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62172

Prime factors of 62172 are 2, 3, 11, 157. Prime factorization of 62172 in exponential form is:

62172 = 2² × 3² × 11¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 62156

List of positive integer factors of 62156 that divides 62156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 41, 82, 164, 379, 758, 1516, 15539, 31078

Step-4: Factors of 62172

List of positive integer factors of 62172 that divides 62156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 33, 36, 44, 66, 99, 132, 157, 198, 314, 396, 471, 628, 942, 1413, 1727, 1884, 2826, 3454, 5181, 5652, 6908, 10362, 15543, 20724, 31086

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62156 and 62172. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62156 and 62172 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62156 and 62172