What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62541 and 62547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62541 and 62547 is 3.

GCF(62541,62547) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62541 and 62547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62541 and 62547.

How to find the GCF of 62541 and 62547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62541 and 62547. After we will calculate the factors of 62541 and 62547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62541

Prime factors of 62541 are 3, 6949. Prime factorization of 62541 in exponential form is:

62541 = 3² × 6949¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62547

Prime factors of 62547 are 3, 20849. Prime factorization of 62547 in exponential form is:

62547 = 3¹ × 20849¹

Step-3: Factors of 62541

List of positive integer factors of 62541 that divides 62541 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 6949, 20847

Step-4: Factors of 62547

List of positive integer factors of 62547 that divides 62541 without a remainder.

1, 3, 20849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62541 and 62547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62541 and 62547 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62541 and 62547