What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60158 and 60178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60158 and 60178 is 2.

GCF(60158,60178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60158 and 60178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60158 and 60178.

How to find the GCF of 60158 and 60178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60158 and 60178. After we will calculate the factors of 60158 and 60178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60158

Prime factors of 60158 are 2, 7, 4297. Prime factorization of 60158 in exponential form is:

60158 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4297¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60178

Prime factors of 60178 are 2, 30089. Prime factorization of 60178 in exponential form is:

60178 = 2¹ × 30089¹

Step-3: Factors of 60158

List of positive integer factors of 60158 that divides 60158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4297, 8594, 30079

Step-4: Factors of 60178

List of positive integer factors of 60178 that divides 60158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 30089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60158 and 60178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60158 and 60178 is 2.

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