What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60278 and 60298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60278 and 60298 is 2.

GCF(60278,60298) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60278 and 60298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60278 and 60298.

How to find the GCF of 60278 and 60298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60278 and 60298. After we will calculate the factors of 60278 and 60298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60278

Prime factors of 60278 are 2, 30139. Prime factorization of 60278 in exponential form is:

60278 = 2¹ × 30139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60298

Prime factors of 60298 are 2, 7, 59, 73. Prime factorization of 60298 in exponential form is:

60298 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 59¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 60278

List of positive integer factors of 60278 that divides 60278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 30139

Step-4: Factors of 60298

List of positive integer factors of 60298 that divides 60278 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 59, 73, 118, 146, 413, 511, 826, 1022, 4307, 8614, 30149

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60278 and 60298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60278 and 60298 is 2.

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