What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64356 and 64362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64356 and 64362 is 6.

GCF(64356,64362) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64356 and 64362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64356 and 64362.

How to find the GCF of 64356 and 64362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64356 and 64362. After we will calculate the factors of 64356 and 64362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64356

Prime factors of 64356 are 2, 3, 31, 173. Prime factorization of 64356 in exponential form is:

64356 = 2² × 3¹ × 31¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64362

Prime factors of 64362 are 2, 3, 17, 631. Prime factorization of 64362 in exponential form is:

64362 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 631¹

Step-3: Factors of 64356

List of positive integer factors of 64356 that divides 64356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 31, 62, 93, 124, 173, 186, 346, 372, 519, 692, 1038, 2076, 5363, 10726, 16089, 21452, 32178

Step-4: Factors of 64362

List of positive integer factors of 64362 that divides 64356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 631, 1262, 1893, 3786, 10727, 21454, 32181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64356 and 64362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64356 and 64362 is 6.

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