What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62840 and 62857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62840 and 62857 is 1.

GCF(62840,62857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62840 and 62857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62840 and 62857.

How to find the GCF of 62840 and 62857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62840 and 62857. After we will calculate the factors of 62840 and 62857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62840

Prime factors of 62840 are 2, 5, 1571. Prime factorization of 62840 in exponential form is:

62840 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62857

Prime factors of 62857 are 239, 263. Prime factorization of 62857 in exponential form is:

62857 = 239¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 62840

List of positive integer factors of 62840 that divides 62840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1571, 3142, 6284, 7855, 12568, 15710, 31420

Step-4: Factors of 62857

List of positive integer factors of 62857 that divides 62840 without a remainder.

1, 239, 263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62840 and 62857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62840 and 62857 is 1.

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