What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62358 and 62372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62358 and 62372 is 2.

GCF(62358,62372) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62358 and 62372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62358 and 62372.

How to find the GCF of 62358 and 62372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62358 and 62372. After we will calculate the factors of 62358 and 62372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62358

Prime factors of 62358 are 2, 3, 19, 547. Prime factorization of 62358 in exponential form is:

62358 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 547¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62372

Prime factors of 62372 are 2, 31, 503. Prime factorization of 62372 in exponential form is:

62372 = 2² × 31¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 62358

List of positive integer factors of 62358 that divides 62358 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 547, 1094, 1641, 3282, 10393, 20786, 31179

Step-4: Factors of 62372

List of positive integer factors of 62372 that divides 62358 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 503, 1006, 2012, 15593, 31186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62358 and 62372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62358 and 62372 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62358 and 62372