What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70556 and 70562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70556 and 70562 is 2.

GCF(70556,70562) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70556 and 70562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70556 and 70562.

How to find the GCF of 70556 and 70562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70556 and 70562. After we will calculate the factors of 70556 and 70562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70556

Prime factors of 70556 are 2, 31, 569. Prime factorization of 70556 in exponential form is:

70556 = 2² × 31¹ × 569¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70562

Prime factors of 70562 are 2, 35281. Prime factorization of 70562 in exponential form is:

70562 = 2¹ × 35281¹

Step-3: Factors of 70556

List of positive integer factors of 70556 that divides 70556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 569, 1138, 2276, 17639, 35278

Step-4: Factors of 70562

List of positive integer factors of 70562 that divides 70556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70556 and 70562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70556 and 70562 is 2.

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