What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60860 and 60878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60860 and 60878 is 2.

GCF(60860,60878) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60860 and 60878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60860 and 60878.

How to find the GCF of 60860 and 60878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60860 and 60878. After we will calculate the factors of 60860 and 60878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60860

Prime factors of 60860 are 2, 5, 17, 179. Prime factorization of 60860 in exponential form is:

60860 = 2² × 5¹ × 17¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60878

Prime factors of 60878 are 2, 61, 499. Prime factorization of 60878 in exponential form is:

60878 = 2¹ × 61¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 60860

List of positive integer factors of 60860 that divides 60860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 34, 68, 85, 170, 179, 340, 358, 716, 895, 1790, 3043, 3580, 6086, 12172, 15215, 30430

Step-4: Factors of 60878

List of positive integer factors of 60878 that divides 60860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 61, 122, 499, 998, 30439

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60860 and 60878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60860 and 60878 is 2.

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