What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62937 and 62942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62937 and 62942 is 1.

GCF(62937,62942) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62937 and 62942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62937 and 62942.

How to find the GCF of 62937 and 62942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62937 and 62942. After we will calculate the factors of 62937 and 62942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62937

Prime factors of 62937 are 3, 7, 37. Prime factorization of 62937 in exponential form is:

62937 = 3⁵ × 7¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62942

Prime factors of 62942 are 2, 11, 2861. Prime factorization of 62942 in exponential form is:

62942 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2861¹

Step-3: Factors of 62937

List of positive integer factors of 62937 that divides 62937 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 37, 63, 81, 111, 189, 243, 259, 333, 567, 777, 999, 1701, 2331, 2997, 6993, 8991, 20979

Step-4: Factors of 62942

List of positive integer factors of 62942 that divides 62937 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2861, 5722, 31471

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62937 and 62942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62937 and 62942 is 1.

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