What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6272 and 6279?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6272 and 6279 is 7.

GCF(6272,6279) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6272 and 6279, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6272 and 6279.

How to find the GCF of 6272 and 6279?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6272 and 6279. After we will calculate the factors of 6272 and 6279 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6272

Prime factors of 6272 are 2, 7. Prime factorization of 6272 in exponential form is:

6272 = 2⁷ × 7²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6279

Prime factors of 6279 are 3, 7, 13, 23. Prime factorization of 6279 in exponential form is:

6279 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 6272

List of positive integer factors of 6272 that divides 6272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 49, 56, 64, 98, 112, 128, 196, 224, 392, 448, 784, 896, 1568, 3136

Step-4: Factors of 6279

List of positive integer factors of 6279 that divides 6272 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 23, 39, 69, 91, 161, 273, 299, 483, 897, 2093

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6272 and 6279. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6272 and 6279 is 7.

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