What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63858 and 63862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63858 and 63862 is 2.

GCF(63858,63862) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63858 and 63862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63858 and 63862.

How to find the GCF of 63858 and 63862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63858 and 63862. After we will calculate the factors of 63858 and 63862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63858

Prime factors of 63858 are 2, 3, 29, 367. Prime factorization of 63858 in exponential form is:

63858 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63862

Prime factors of 63862 are 2, 37, 863. Prime factorization of 63862 in exponential form is:

63862 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 863¹

Step-3: Factors of 63858

List of positive integer factors of 63858 that divides 63858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 367, 734, 1101, 2202, 10643, 21286, 31929

Step-4: Factors of 63862

List of positive integer factors of 63862 that divides 63858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 863, 1726, 31931

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63858 and 63862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63858 and 63862 is 2.

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