What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62948 and 62961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62948 and 62961 is 1.

GCF(62948,62961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62948 and 62961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62948 and 62961.

How to find the GCF of 62948 and 62961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62948 and 62961. After we will calculate the factors of 62948 and 62961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62948

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

62948 = 2² × 15737¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62961

Prime factors of 62961 are 3, 31, 677. Prime factorization of 62961 in exponential form is:

62961 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 677¹

Step-3: Factors of 62948

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

1, 2, 4, 15737, 31474

Step-4: Factors of 62961

List of positive integer factors of 62961 that divides 62948 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 677, 2031, 20987

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62948 and 62961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62948 and 62961 is 1.

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