What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60572 and 60578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60572 and 60578 is 2.

GCF(60572,60578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60572 and 60578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60572 and 60578.

How to find the GCF of 60572 and 60578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60572 and 60578. After we will calculate the factors of 60572 and 60578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60572

Prime factors of 60572 are 2, 19, 797. Prime factorization of 60572 in exponential form is:

60572 = 2² × 19¹ × 797¹

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 60572

List of positive integer factors of 60572 that divides 60572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 797, 1594, 3188, 15143, 30286

Step-4: Factors of 60578

List of positive integer factors of 60578 that divides 60572 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60572 and 60578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60572 and 60578 is 2.

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