What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60212 and 60231?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60212 and 60231 is 1.

GCF(60212,60231) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60212 and 60231, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60212 and 60231.

How to find the GCF of 60212 and 60231?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60212 and 60231. After we will calculate the factors of 60212 and 60231 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60212

Prime factors of 60212 are 2, 15053. Prime factorization of 60212 in exponential form is:

60212 = 2² × 15053¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60231

Prime factors of 60231 are 3, 17, 1181. Prime factorization of 60231 in exponential form is:

60231 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1181¹

Step-3: Factors of 60212

List of positive integer factors of 60212 that divides 60212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 15053, 30106

Step-4: Factors of 60231

List of positive integer factors of 60231 that divides 60212 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1181, 3543, 20077

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60212 and 60231. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60212 and 60231 is 1.

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