What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62187 and 62196?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62187 and 62196 is 3.

GCF(62187,62196) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62187 and 62196, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62187 and 62196.

How to find the GCF of 62187 and 62196?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62187 and 62196. After we will calculate the factors of 62187 and 62196 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62187

Prime factors of 62187 are 3, 19, 1091. Prime factorization of 62187 in exponential form is:

62187 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 1091¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62196

Prime factors of 62196 are 2, 3, 71, 73. Prime factorization of 62196 in exponential form is:

62196 = 2² × 3¹ × 71¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 62187

List of positive integer factors of 62187 that divides 62187 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 1091, 3273, 20729

Step-4: Factors of 62196

List of positive integer factors of 62196 that divides 62187 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 71, 73, 142, 146, 213, 219, 284, 292, 426, 438, 852, 876, 5183, 10366, 15549, 20732, 31098

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62187 and 62196. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62187 and 62196 is 3.

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