What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62543 and 62562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62543 and 62562 is 1.

GCF(62543,62562) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62543 and 62562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62543 and 62562.

How to find the GCF of 62543 and 62562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62543 and 62562. After we will calculate the factors of 62543 and 62562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62543

Prime factors of 62543 are 13, 17, 283. Prime factorization of 62543 in exponential form is:

62543 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62562

Prime factors of 62562 are 2, 3, 10427. Prime factorization of 62562 in exponential form is:

62562 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10427¹

Step-3: Factors of 62543

List of positive integer factors of 62543 that divides 62543 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 221, 283, 3679, 4811

Step-4: Factors of 62562

List of positive integer factors of 62562 that divides 62543 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10427, 20854, 31281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62543 and 62562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62543 and 62562 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62543 and 62562