What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63642 and 63656?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63642 and 63656 is 2.

GCF(63642,63656) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63642 and 63656, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63642 and 63656.

How to find the GCF of 63642 and 63656?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63642 and 63656. After we will calculate the factors of 63642 and 63656 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63642

Prime factors of 63642 are 2, 3, 10607. Prime factorization of 63642 in exponential form is:

63642 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10607¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63656

Prime factors of 63656 are 2, 73, 109. Prime factorization of 63656 in exponential form is:

63656 = 2³ × 73¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 63642

List of positive integer factors of 63642 that divides 63642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10607, 21214, 31821

Step-4: Factors of 63656

List of positive integer factors of 63656 that divides 63642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 73, 109, 146, 218, 292, 436, 584, 872, 7957, 15914, 31828

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63642 and 63656. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63642 and 63656 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 63642 and 63656