What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60196 and 60208?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60196 and 60208 is 4.

GCF(60196,60208) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60196 and 60208, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60196 and 60208.

How to find the GCF of 60196 and 60208?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60196 and 60208. After we will calculate the factors of 60196 and 60208 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60196

Prime factors of 60196 are 2, 101, 149. Prime factorization of 60196 in exponential form is:

60196 = 2² × 101¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60208

Prime factors of 60208 are 2, 53, 71. Prime factorization of 60208 in exponential form is:

60208 = 2⁴ × 53¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 60196

List of positive integer factors of 60196 that divides 60196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 101, 149, 202, 298, 404, 596, 15049, 30098

Step-4: Factors of 60208

List of positive integer factors of 60208 that divides 60196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 53, 71, 106, 142, 212, 284, 424, 568, 848, 1136, 3763, 7526, 15052, 30104

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60196 and 60208. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60196 and 60208 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 60196 and 60208