What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62892 and 62896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62892 and 62896 is 4.

GCF(62892,62896) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62892 and 62896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62892 and 62896.

How to find the GCF of 62892 and 62896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62892 and 62896. After we will calculate the factors of 62892 and 62896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62892

Prime factors of 62892 are 2, 3, 1747. Prime factorization of 62892 in exponential form is:

62892 = 2² × 3² × 1747¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62896

Prime factors of 62896 are 2, 3931. Prime factorization of 62896 in exponential form is:

62896 = 2⁴ × 3931¹

Step-3: Factors of 62892

List of positive integer factors of 62892 that divides 62892 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1747, 3494, 5241, 6988, 10482, 15723, 20964, 31446

Step-4: Factors of 62896

List of positive integer factors of 62896 that divides 62892 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3931, 7862, 15724, 31448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62892 and 62896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62892 and 62896 is 4.

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