What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60042 and 60061?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60042 and 60061 is 1.

GCF(60042,60061) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60042 and 60061, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60042 and 60061.

How to find the GCF of 60042 and 60061?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60042 and 60061. After we will calculate the factors of 60042 and 60061 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60042

Prime factors of 60042 are 2, 3, 10007. Prime factorization of 60042 in exponential form is:

60042 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10007¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60061

Prime factors of 60061 are 17, 3533. Prime factorization of 60061 in exponential form is:

60061 = 17¹ × 3533¹

Step-3: Factors of 60042

List of positive integer factors of 60042 that divides 60042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10007, 20014, 30021

Step-4: Factors of 60061

List of positive integer factors of 60061 that divides 60042 without a remainder.

1, 17, 3533

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60042 and 60061. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60042 and 60061 is 1.

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