What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77042 and 77062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77042 and 77062 is 2.

GCF(77042,77062) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77042 and 77062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77042 and 77062.

How to find the GCF of 77042 and 77062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77042 and 77062. After we will calculate the factors of 77042 and 77062 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77042

Prime factors of 77042 are 2, 7, 5503. Prime factorization of 77042 in exponential form is:

77042 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 5503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77062

Prime factors of 77062 are 2, 53, 727. Prime factorization of 77062 in exponential form is:

77062 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 727¹

Step-3: Factors of 77042

List of positive integer factors of 77042 that divides 77042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 5503, 11006, 38521

Step-4: Factors of 77062

List of positive integer factors of 77062 that divides 77042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 727, 1454, 38531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77042 and 77062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77042 and 77062 is 2.

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