What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62918 and 62926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62918 and 62926 is 2.

GCF(62918,62926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62918 and 62926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62918 and 62926.

How to find the GCF of 62918 and 62926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62918 and 62926. After we will calculate the factors of 62918 and 62926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62918

Prime factors of 62918 are 2, 163, 193. Prime factorization of 62918 in exponential form is:

62918 = 2¹ × 163¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62926

Prime factors of 62926 are 2, 73, 431. Prime factorization of 62926 in exponential form is:

62926 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 62918

List of positive integer factors of 62918 that divides 62918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 163, 193, 326, 386, 31459

Step-4: Factors of 62926

List of positive integer factors of 62926 that divides 62918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 431, 862, 31463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62918 and 62926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62918 and 62926 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62918 and 62926