What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62878 and 62890?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62878 and 62890 is 2.

GCF(62878,62890) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62878 and 62890, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62878 and 62890.

How to find the GCF of 62878 and 62890?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62878 and 62890. After we will calculate the factors of 62878 and 62890 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62878

Prime factors of 62878 are 2, 149, 211. Prime factorization of 62878 in exponential form is:

62878 = 2¹ × 149¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62890

Prime factors of 62890 are 2, 5, 19, 331. Prime factorization of 62890 in exponential form is:

62890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 62878

List of positive integer factors of 62878 that divides 62878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 149, 211, 298, 422, 31439

Step-4: Factors of 62890

List of positive integer factors of 62890 that divides 62878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 95, 190, 331, 662, 1655, 3310, 6289, 12578, 31445

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62878 and 62890. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62878 and 62890 is 2.

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