What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62564 and 62578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62564 and 62578 is 2.

GCF(62564,62578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62564 and 62578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62564 and 62578.

How to find the GCF of 62564 and 62578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62564 and 62578. After we will calculate the factors of 62564 and 62578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62564

Prime factors of 62564 are 2, 15641. Prime factorization of 62564 in exponential form is:

62564 = 2² × 15641¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62578

Prime factors of 62578 are 2, 67, 467. Prime factorization of 62578 in exponential form is:

62578 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 62564

List of positive integer factors of 62564 that divides 62564 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 15641, 31282

Step-4: Factors of 62578

List of positive integer factors of 62578 that divides 62564 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 467, 934, 31289

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62564 and 62578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62564 and 62578 is 2.

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