What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60001 and 60012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60001 and 60012 is 1.

GCF(60001,60012) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60001 and 60012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60001 and 60012.

How to find the GCF of 60001 and 60012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60001 and 60012. After we will calculate the factors of 60001 and 60012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60001

Prime factors of 60001 are 29, 2069. Prime factorization of 60001 in exponential form is:

60001 = 29¹ × 2069¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60012

Prime factors of 60012 are 2, 3, 1667. Prime factorization of 60012 in exponential form is:

60012 = 2² × 3² × 1667¹

Step-3: Factors of 60001

List of positive integer factors of 60001 that divides 60001 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2069

Step-4: Factors of 60012

List of positive integer factors of 60012 that divides 60001 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1667, 3334, 5001, 6668, 10002, 15003, 20004, 30006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60001 and 60012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60001 and 60012 is 1.

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