What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62889 and 62901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62889 and 62901 is 3.

GCF(62889,62901) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62889 and 62901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62889 and 62901.

How to find the GCF of 62889 and 62901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62889 and 62901. After we will calculate the factors of 62889 and 62901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62889

Prime factors of 62889 are 3, 20963. Prime factorization of 62889 in exponential form is:

62889 = 3¹ × 20963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62901

Prime factors of 62901 are 3, 29, 241. Prime factorization of 62901 in exponential form is:

62901 = 3² × 29¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 62889

List of positive integer factors of 62889 that divides 62889 without a remainder.

1, 3, 20963

Step-4: Factors of 62901

List of positive integer factors of 62901 that divides 62889 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 87, 241, 261, 723, 2169, 6989, 20967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62889 and 62901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62889 and 62901 is 3.

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