What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60044 and 60050?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60044 and 60050 is 2.

GCF(60044,60050) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60044 and 60050, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60044 and 60050.

How to find the GCF of 60044 and 60050?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60044 and 60050. After we will calculate the factors of 60044 and 60050 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60044

Prime factors of 60044 are 2, 17, 883. Prime factorization of 60044 in exponential form is:

60044 = 2² × 17¹ × 883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60050

Prime factors of 60050 are 2, 5, 1201. Prime factorization of 60050 in exponential form is:

60050 = 2¹ × 5² × 1201¹

Step-3: Factors of 60044

List of positive integer factors of 60044 that divides 60044 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 883, 1766, 3532, 15011, 30022

Step-4: Factors of 60050

List of positive integer factors of 60050 that divides 60044 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1201, 2402, 6005, 12010, 30025

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60044 and 60050. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60044 and 60050 is 2.

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