What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60558 and 60578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60558 and 60578 is 2.

GCF(60558,60578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60558 and 60578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60558 and 60578.

How to find the GCF of 60558 and 60578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60558 and 60578. After we will calculate the factors of 60558 and 60578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60558

Prime factors of 60558 are 2, 3, 10093. Prime factorization of 60558 in exponential form is:

60558 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10093¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60578

Prime factors of 60578 are 2, 7, 4327. Prime factorization of 60578 in exponential form is:

60578 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4327¹

Step-3: Factors of 60558

List of positive integer factors of 60558 that divides 60558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10093, 20186, 30279

Step-4: Factors of 60578

List of positive integer factors of 60578 that divides 60558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4327, 8654, 30289

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60558 and 60578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60558 and 60578 is 2.

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