What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62478 and 62498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62478 and 62498 is 2.

GCF(62478,62498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62478 and 62498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62478 and 62498.

How to find the GCF of 62478 and 62498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62478 and 62498. After we will calculate the factors of 62478 and 62498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 62498

Prime factors of 62498 are 2, 31249. Prime factorization of 62498 in exponential form is:

62498 = 2¹ × 31249¹

Step-3: Factors of 62478

List of positive integer factors of 62478 that divides 62478 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

Step-4: Factors of 62498

List of positive integer factors of 62498 that divides 62478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62478 and 62498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62478 and 62498 is 2.

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