What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60435 and 60442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60435 and 60442 is 1.

GCF(60435,60442) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60435 and 60442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60435 and 60442.

How to find the GCF of 60435 and 60442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60435 and 60442. After we will calculate the factors of 60435 and 60442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60435

Prime factors of 60435 are 3, 5, 17, 79. Prime factorization of 60435 in exponential form is:

60435 = 3² × 5¹ × 17¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60442

Prime factors of 60442 are 2, 47, 643. Prime factorization of 60442 in exponential form is:

60442 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 643¹

Step-3: Factors of 60435

List of positive integer factors of 60435 that divides 60435 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 45, 51, 79, 85, 153, 237, 255, 395, 711, 765, 1185, 1343, 3555, 4029, 6715, 12087, 20145

Step-4: Factors of 60442

List of positive integer factors of 60442 that divides 60435 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 643, 1286, 30221

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60435 and 60442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60435 and 60442 is 1.

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