What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60012 and 60017?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60012 and 60017 is 1.

GCF(60012,60017) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60012 and 60017, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60012 and 60017.

How to find the GCF of 60012 and 60017?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60012 and 60017. After we will calculate the factors of 60012 and 60017 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 60017

Prime factors of 60017 are 60017. Prime factorization of 60017 in exponential form is:

60017 = 60017¹

Step-3: Factors of 60012

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 60017

List of positive integer factors of 60017 that divides 60012 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60012 and 60017. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60012 and 60017 is 1.

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