What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63988 and 64006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63988 and 64006 is 2.

GCF(63988,64006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63988 and 64006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63988 and 64006.

How to find the GCF of 63988 and 64006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63988 and 64006. After we will calculate the factors of 63988 and 64006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63988

Prime factors of 63988 are 2, 17, 941. Prime factorization of 63988 in exponential form is:

63988 = 2² × 17¹ × 941¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64006

Prime factors of 64006 are 2, 32003. Prime factorization of 64006 in exponential form is:

64006 = 2¹ × 32003¹

Step-3: Factors of 63988

List of positive integer factors of 63988 that divides 63988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 941, 1882, 3764, 15997, 31994

Step-4: Factors of 64006

List of positive integer factors of 64006 that divides 63988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63988 and 64006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63988 and 64006 is 2.

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