What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62942 and 62948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62942 and 62948 is 2.

GCF(62942,62948) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62942 and 62948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62942 and 62948.

How to find the GCF of 62942 and 62948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62942 and 62948. After we will calculate the factors of 62942 and 62948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 62948

Prime factors of 62948 are 2, 15737. Prime factorization of 62948 in exponential form is:

62948 = 2² × 15737¹

Step-3: Factors of 62942

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 62948

List of positive integer factors of 62948 that divides 62942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 15737, 31474

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62942 and 62948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62942 and 62948 is 2.

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