What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 79?
Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60 and 79 is 1.
GCF(60,79) = 1
We will now calculate the prime factors of 60 and 79, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60 and 79.
How to find the GCF of 60 and 79?
We will first find the prime factorization of 60 and 79. After we will calculate the factors of 60 and 79 and find the biggest common factor number .
Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60
Prime factors of 60 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 60 in exponential form is:
60 = 22 × 31 × 51
Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79
Prime factors of 79 are 79. Prime factorization of 79 in exponential form is:
79 = 791
Step-3: Factors of 60
List of positive integer factors of 60 that divides 60 without a remainder.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30
Step-4: Factors of 79
List of positive integer factors of 79 that divides 60 without a remainder.
1
Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number
We found the factors and prime factorization of 60 and 79. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60 and 79 is 1.
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