What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62356 and 62373?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62356 and 62373 is 17.

GCF(62356,62373) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62356 and 62373, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62356 and 62373.

How to find the GCF of 62356 and 62373?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62356 and 62373. After we will calculate the factors of 62356 and 62373 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62356

Prime factors of 62356 are 2, 7, 17, 131. Prime factorization of 62356 in exponential form is:

62356 = 2² × 7¹ × 17¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62373

Prime factors of 62373 are 3, 17, 1223. Prime factorization of 62373 in exponential form is:

62373 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1223¹

Step-3: Factors of 62356

List of positive integer factors of 62356 that divides 62356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 17, 28, 34, 68, 119, 131, 238, 262, 476, 524, 917, 1834, 2227, 3668, 4454, 8908, 15589, 31178

Step-4: Factors of 62373

List of positive integer factors of 62373 that divides 62356 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1223, 3669, 20791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62356 and 62373. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62356 and 62373 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62356 and 62373