What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62941 and 62956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62941 and 62956 is 1.

GCF(62941,62956) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62941 and 62956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62941 and 62956.

How to find the GCF of 62941 and 62956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62941 and 62956. After we will calculate the factors of 62941 and 62956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62941

Prime factors of 62941 are 113, 557. Prime factorization of 62941 in exponential form is:

62941 = 113¹ × 557¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62956

Prime factors of 62956 are 2, 15739. Prime factorization of 62956 in exponential form is:

62956 = 2² × 15739¹

Step-3: Factors of 62941

List of positive integer factors of 62941 that divides 62941 without a remainder.

1, 113, 557

Step-4: Factors of 62956

List of positive integer factors of 62956 that divides 62941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 15739, 31478

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62941 and 62956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62941 and 62956 is 1.

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