What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60002 and 60006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60002 and 60006 is 2.

GCF(60002,60006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60002 and 60006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60002 and 60006.

How to find the GCF of 60002 and 60006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60002 and 60006. After we will calculate the factors of 60002 and 60006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60002

Prime factors of 60002 are 2, 19, 1579. Prime factorization of 60002 in exponential form is:

60002 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1579¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60006

Prime factors of 60006 are 2, 3, 73, 137. Prime factorization of 60006 in exponential form is:

60006 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 73¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 60002

List of positive integer factors of 60002 that divides 60002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1579, 3158, 30001

Step-4: Factors of 60006

List of positive integer factors of 60006 that divides 60002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 73, 137, 146, 219, 274, 411, 438, 822, 10001, 20002, 30003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60002 and 60006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60002 and 60006 is 2.

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