What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60050 and 60055?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60050 and 60055 is 5.

GCF(60050,60055) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60050 and 60055, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60050 and 60055.

How to find the GCF of 60050 and 60055?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60050 and 60055. After we will calculate the factors of 60050 and 60055 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 60055

Prime factors of 60055 are 5, 12011. Prime factorization of 60055 in exponential form is:

60055 = 5¹ × 12011¹

Step-3: Factors of 60050

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 60055

List of positive integer factors of 60055 that divides 60050 without a remainder.

1, 5, 12011

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60050 and 60055. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60050 and 60055 is 5.

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