What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62780 and 62798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62780 and 62798 is 2.

GCF(62780,62798) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62780 and 62798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62780 and 62798.

How to find the GCF of 62780 and 62798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62780 and 62798. After we will calculate the factors of 62780 and 62798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62780

Prime factors of 62780 are 2, 5, 43, 73. Prime factorization of 62780 in exponential form is:

62780 = 2² × 5¹ × 43¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62798

Prime factors of 62798 are 2, 17, 1847. Prime factorization of 62798 in exponential form is:

62798 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1847¹

Step-3: Factors of 62780

List of positive integer factors of 62780 that divides 62780 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 43, 73, 86, 146, 172, 215, 292, 365, 430, 730, 860, 1460, 3139, 6278, 12556, 15695, 31390

Step-4: Factors of 62798

List of positive integer factors of 62798 that divides 62780 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1847, 3694, 31399

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62780 and 62798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62780 and 62798 is 2.

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