What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62953 and 62973?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62953 and 62973 is 1.

GCF(62953,62973) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62953 and 62973, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62953 and 62973.

How to find the GCF of 62953 and 62973?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62953 and 62973. After we will calculate the factors of 62953 and 62973 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62953

Prime factors of 62953 are 11, 59, 97. Prime factorization of 62953 in exponential form is:

62953 = 11¹ × 59¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62973

Prime factors of 62973 are 3, 6997. Prime factorization of 62973 in exponential form is:

62973 = 3² × 6997¹

Step-3: Factors of 62953

List of positive integer factors of 62953 that divides 62953 without a remainder.

1, 11, 59, 97, 649, 1067, 5723

Step-4: Factors of 62973

List of positive integer factors of 62973 that divides 62953 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 6997, 20991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62953 and 62973. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62953 and 62973 is 1.

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