What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62534 and 62540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62534 and 62540 is 2.

GCF(62534,62540) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62534 and 62540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62534 and 62540.

How to find the GCF of 62534 and 62540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62534 and 62540. After we will calculate the factors of 62534 and 62540 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62534

Prime factors of 62534 are 2, 31267. Prime factorization of 62534 in exponential form is:

62534 = 2¹ × 31267¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62540

Prime factors of 62540 are 2, 5, 53, 59. Prime factorization of 62540 in exponential form is:

62540 = 2² × 5¹ × 53¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 62534

List of positive integer factors of 62534 that divides 62534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31267

Step-4: Factors of 62540

List of positive integer factors of 62540 that divides 62534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 53, 59, 106, 118, 212, 236, 265, 295, 530, 590, 1060, 1180, 3127, 6254, 12508, 15635, 31270

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62534 and 62540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62534 and 62540 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62534 and 62540