What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62506 and 62512?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62506 and 62512 is 2.

GCF(62506,62512) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62506 and 62512, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62506 and 62512.

How to find the GCF of 62506 and 62512?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62506 and 62512. After we will calculate the factors of 62506 and 62512 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62506

Prime factors of 62506 are 2, 31253. Prime factorization of 62506 in exponential form is:

62506 = 2¹ × 31253¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62512

Prime factors of 62512 are 2, 3907. Prime factorization of 62512 in exponential form is:

62512 = 2⁴ × 3907¹

Step-3: Factors of 62506

List of positive integer factors of 62506 that divides 62506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31253

Step-4: Factors of 62512

List of positive integer factors of 62512 that divides 62506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3907, 7814, 15628, 31256

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62506 and 62512. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62506 and 62512 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62506 and 62512