What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62470 and 62478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62470 and 62478 is 2.

GCF(62470,62478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62470 and 62478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62470 and 62478.

How to find the GCF of 62470 and 62478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62470 and 62478. After we will calculate the factors of 62470 and 62478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62470

Prime factors of 62470 are 2, 5, 6247. Prime factorization of 62470 in exponential form is:

62470 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 6247¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62478

Prime factors of 62478 are 2, 3, 13, 89. Prime factorization of 62478 in exponential form is:

62478 = 2¹ × 3³ × 13¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 62470

List of positive integer factors of 62470 that divides 62470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 6247, 12494, 31235

Step-4: Factors of 62478

List of positive integer factors of 62478 that divides 62470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 27, 39, 54, 78, 89, 117, 178, 234, 267, 351, 534, 702, 801, 1157, 1602, 2314, 2403, 3471, 4806, 6942, 10413, 20826, 31239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62470 and 62478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62470 and 62478 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62470 and 62478