What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60502 and 60506?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60502 and 60506 is 2.

GCF(60502,60506) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60502 and 60506, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60502 and 60506.

How to find the GCF of 60502 and 60506?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60502 and 60506. After we will calculate the factors of 60502 and 60506 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60502

Prime factors of 60502 are 2, 13, 179. Prime factorization of 60502 in exponential form is:

60502 = 2¹ × 13² × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60506

Prime factors of 60506 are 2, 30253. Prime factorization of 60506 in exponential form is:

60506 = 2¹ × 30253¹

Step-3: Factors of 60502

List of positive integer factors of 60502 that divides 60502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 169, 179, 338, 358, 2327, 4654, 30251

Step-4: Factors of 60506

List of positive integer factors of 60506 that divides 60502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 30253

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60502 and 60506. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60502 and 60506 is 2.

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