What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62926 and 62932?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62926 and 62932 is 2.

GCF(62926,62932) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62926 and 62932, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62926 and 62932.

How to find the GCF of 62926 and 62932?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62926 and 62932. After we will calculate the factors of 62926 and 62932 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 62932

Prime factors of 62932 are 2, 15733. Prime factorization of 62932 in exponential form is:

62932 = 2² × 15733¹

Step-3: Factors of 62926

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 62932

List of positive integer factors of 62932 that divides 62926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 15733, 31466

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62926 and 62932. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62926 and 62932 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62926 and 62932