What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62973 and 62983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62973 and 62983 is 1.

GCF(62973,62983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62973 and 62983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62973 and 62983.

How to find the GCF of 62973 and 62983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62973 and 62983. After we will calculate the factors of 62973 and 62983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62973

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

62973 = 3² × 6997¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62983

Prime factors of 62983 are 62983. Prime factorization of 62983 in exponential form is:

62983 = 62983¹

Step-3: Factors of 62973

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

1, 3, 9, 6997, 20991

Step-4: Factors of 62983

List of positive integer factors of 62983 that divides 62973 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62973 and 62983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62973 and 62983 is 1.

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