What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62959 and 62979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62959 and 62979 is 1.

GCF(62959,62979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62959 and 62979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62959 and 62979.

How to find the GCF of 62959 and 62979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62959 and 62979. After we will calculate the factors of 62959 and 62979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62959

Prime factors of 62959 are 13, 29, 167. Prime factorization of 62959 in exponential form is:

62959 = 13¹ × 29¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62979

Prime factors of 62979 are 3, 7, 2999. Prime factorization of 62979 in exponential form is:

62979 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2999¹

Step-3: Factors of 62959

List of positive integer factors of 62959 that divides 62959 without a remainder.

1, 13, 29, 167, 377, 2171, 4843

Step-4: Factors of 62979

List of positive integer factors of 62979 that divides 62959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2999, 8997, 20993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62959 and 62979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62959 and 62979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 62959 and 62979