What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62840 and 62859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62840 and 62859 is 1.

GCF(62840,62859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62840 and 62859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62840 and 62859.

How to find the GCF of 62840 and 62859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62840 and 62859. After we will calculate the factors of 62840 and 62859 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 62859

Prime factors of 62859 are 3, 23, 911. Prime factorization of 62859 in exponential form is:

62859 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 911¹

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 62859

List of positive integer factors of 62859 that divides 62840 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 911, 2733, 20953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62840 and 62859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62840 and 62859 is 1.

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