What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63158 and 63162?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63158 and 63162 is 2.

GCF(63158,63162) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63158 and 63162, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63158 and 63162.

How to find the GCF of 63158 and 63162?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63158 and 63162. After we will calculate the factors of 63158 and 63162 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63158

Prime factors of 63158 are 2, 23, 1373. Prime factorization of 63158 in exponential form is:

63158 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63162

Prime factors of 63162 are 2, 3, 11, 29. Prime factorization of 63162 in exponential form is:

63162 = 2¹ × 3² × 11² × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 63158

List of positive integer factors of 63158 that divides 63158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1373, 2746, 31579

Step-4: Factors of 63162

List of positive integer factors of 63162 that divides 63158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 29, 33, 58, 66, 87, 99, 121, 174, 198, 242, 261, 319, 363, 522, 638, 726, 957, 1089, 1914, 2178, 2871, 3509, 5742, 7018, 10527, 21054, 31581

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63158 and 63162. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63158 and 63162 is 2.

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