What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62998 and 63012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62998 and 63012 is 2.

GCF(62998,63012) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62998 and 63012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62998 and 63012.

How to find the GCF of 62998 and 63012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62998 and 63012. After we will calculate the factors of 62998 and 63012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62998

Prime factors of 62998 are 2, 13, 2423. Prime factorization of 62998 in exponential form is:

62998 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2423¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63012

Prime factors of 63012 are 2, 3, 59, 89. Prime factorization of 63012 in exponential form is:

63012 = 2² × 3¹ × 59¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 62998

List of positive integer factors of 62998 that divides 62998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2423, 4846, 31499

Step-4: Factors of 63012

List of positive integer factors of 63012 that divides 62998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 59, 89, 118, 177, 178, 236, 267, 354, 356, 534, 708, 1068, 5251, 10502, 15753, 21004, 31506

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62998 and 63012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62998 and 63012 is 2.

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