What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62517 and 62531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62517 and 62531 is 7.

GCF(62517,62531) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62517 and 62531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62517 and 62531.

How to find the GCF of 62517 and 62531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62517 and 62531. After we will calculate the factors of 62517 and 62531 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62517

Prime factors of 62517 are 3, 7, 13, 229. Prime factorization of 62517 in exponential form is:

62517 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62531

Prime factors of 62531 are 7, 8933. Prime factorization of 62531 in exponential form is:

62531 = 7¹ × 8933¹

Step-3: Factors of 62517

List of positive integer factors of 62517 that divides 62517 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 39, 91, 229, 273, 687, 1603, 2977, 4809, 8931, 20839

Step-4: Factors of 62531

List of positive integer factors of 62531 that divides 62517 without a remainder.

1, 7, 8933

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62517 and 62531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62517 and 62531 is 7.

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