What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62844 and 62857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62844 and 62857 is 1.

GCF(62844,62857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62844 and 62857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62844 and 62857.

How to find the GCF of 62844 and 62857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62844 and 62857. After we will calculate the factors of 62844 and 62857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62844

Prime factors of 62844 are 2, 3, 5237. Prime factorization of 62844 in exponential form is:

62844 = 2² × 3¹ × 5237¹

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 62844

List of positive integer factors of 62844 that divides 62844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 5237, 10474, 15711, 20948, 31422

Step-4: Factors of 62857

List of positive integer factors of 62857 that divides 62844 without a remainder.

1, 239, 263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62844 and 62857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62844 and 62857 is 1.

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