What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62656 and 62662?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62656 and 62662 is 2.

GCF(62656,62662) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62656 and 62662, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62656 and 62662.

How to find the GCF of 62656 and 62662?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62656 and 62662. After we will calculate the factors of 62656 and 62662 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62656

Prime factors of 62656 are 2, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 62656 in exponential form is:

62656 = 2⁶ × 11¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62662

Prime factors of 62662 are 2, 17, 19, 97. Prime factorization of 62662 in exponential form is:

62662 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 19¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 62656

List of positive integer factors of 62656 that divides 62656 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 44, 64, 88, 89, 176, 178, 352, 356, 704, 712, 979, 1424, 1958, 2848, 3916, 5696, 7832, 15664, 31328

Step-4: Factors of 62662

List of positive integer factors of 62662 that divides 62656 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 19, 34, 38, 97, 194, 323, 646, 1649, 1843, 3298, 3686, 31331

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62656 and 62662. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62656 and 62662 is 2.

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