What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62844 and 62864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62844 and 62864 is 4.

GCF(62844,62864) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62844 and 62864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62844 and 62864.

How to find the GCF of 62844 and 62864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62844 and 62864. After we will calculate the factors of 62844 and 62864 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 62864

Prime factors of 62864 are 2, 3929. Prime factorization of 62864 in exponential form is:

62864 = 2⁴ × 3929¹

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 62864

List of positive integer factors of 62864 that divides 62844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3929, 7858, 15716, 31432

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62844 and 62864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62844 and 62864 is 4.

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