What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62457 and 62472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62457 and 62472 is 3.

GCF(62457,62472) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62457 and 62472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62457 and 62472.

How to find the GCF of 62457 and 62472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62457 and 62472. After we will calculate the factors of 62457 and 62472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62457

Prime factors of 62457 are 3, 109, 191. Prime factorization of 62457 in exponential form is:

62457 = 3¹ × 109¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62472

Prime factors of 62472 are 2, 3, 19, 137. Prime factorization of 62472 in exponential form is:

62472 = 2³ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 62457

List of positive integer factors of 62457 that divides 62457 without a remainder.

1, 3, 109, 191, 327, 573, 20819

Step-4: Factors of 62472

List of positive integer factors of 62472 that divides 62457 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 19, 24, 38, 57, 76, 114, 137, 152, 228, 274, 411, 456, 548, 822, 1096, 1644, 2603, 3288, 5206, 7809, 10412, 15618, 20824, 31236

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62457 and 62472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62457 and 62472 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62457 and 62472