What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60844 and 60856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60844 and 60856 is 4.

GCF(60844,60856) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60844 and 60856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60844 and 60856.

How to find the GCF of 60844 and 60856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60844 and 60856. After we will calculate the factors of 60844 and 60856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60844

Prime factors of 60844 are 2, 7, 41, 53. Prime factorization of 60844 in exponential form is:

60844 = 2² × 7¹ × 41¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60856

Prime factors of 60856 are 2, 7607. Prime factorization of 60856 in exponential form is:

60856 = 2³ × 7607¹

Step-3: Factors of 60844

List of positive integer factors of 60844 that divides 60844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 41, 53, 82, 106, 164, 212, 287, 371, 574, 742, 1148, 1484, 2173, 4346, 8692, 15211, 30422

Step-4: Factors of 60856

List of positive integer factors of 60856 that divides 60844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 7607, 15214, 30428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60844 and 60856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60844 and 60856 is 4.

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