What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62398 and 62402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62398 and 62402 is 2.

GCF(62398,62402) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62398 and 62402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62398 and 62402.

How to find the GCF of 62398 and 62402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62398 and 62402. After we will calculate the factors of 62398 and 62402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62398

Prime factors of 62398 are 2, 7, 4457. Prime factorization of 62398 in exponential form is:

62398 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62402

Prime factors of 62402 are 2, 41, 761. Prime factorization of 62402 in exponential form is:

62402 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 761¹

Step-3: Factors of 62398

List of positive integer factors of 62398 that divides 62398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4457, 8914, 31199

Step-4: Factors of 62402

List of positive integer factors of 62402 that divides 62398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 761, 1522, 31201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62398 and 62402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62398 and 62402 is 2.

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