What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62935 and 62950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62935 and 62950 is 5.

GCF(62935,62950) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62935 and 62950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62935 and 62950.

How to find the GCF of 62935 and 62950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62935 and 62950. After we will calculate the factors of 62935 and 62950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62935

Prime factors of 62935 are 5, 41, 307. Prime factorization of 62935 in exponential form is:

62935 = 5¹ × 41¹ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62950

Prime factors of 62950 are 2, 5, 1259. Prime factorization of 62950 in exponential form is:

62950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1259¹

Step-3: Factors of 62935

List of positive integer factors of 62935 that divides 62935 without a remainder.

1, 5, 41, 205, 307, 1535, 12587

Step-4: Factors of 62950

List of positive integer factors of 62950 that divides 62935 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1259, 2518, 6295, 12590, 31475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62935 and 62950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62935 and 62950 is 5.

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