What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60442 and 60459?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60442 and 60459 is 1.

GCF(60442,60459) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60442 and 60459, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60442 and 60459.

How to find the GCF of 60442 and 60459?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60442 and 60459. After we will calculate the factors of 60442 and 60459 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 60459

Prime factors of 60459 are 3, 7, 2879. Prime factorization of 60459 in exponential form is:

60459 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2879¹

Step-3: Factors of 60442

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 60459

List of positive integer factors of 60459 that divides 60442 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2879, 8637, 20153

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60442 and 60459. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60442 and 60459 is 1.

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