What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62995 and 63005?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62995 and 63005 is 5.

GCF(62995,63005) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62995 and 63005, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62995 and 63005.

How to find the GCF of 62995 and 63005?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62995 and 63005. After we will calculate the factors of 62995 and 63005 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62995

Prime factors of 62995 are 5, 43, 293. Prime factorization of 62995 in exponential form is:

62995 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63005

Prime factors of 63005 are 5, 12601. Prime factorization of 63005 in exponential form is:

63005 = 5¹ × 12601¹

Step-3: Factors of 62995

List of positive integer factors of 62995 that divides 62995 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 215, 293, 1465, 12599

Step-4: Factors of 63005

List of positive integer factors of 63005 that divides 62995 without a remainder.

1, 5, 12601

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62995 and 63005. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62995 and 63005 is 5.

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