What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60878 and 60882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60878 and 60882 is 2.

GCF(60878,60882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60878 and 60882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60878 and 60882.

How to find the GCF of 60878 and 60882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60878 and 60882. After we will calculate the factors of 60878 and 60882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 60882

Prime factors of 60882 are 2, 3, 73, 139. Prime factorization of 60882 in exponential form is:

60882 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 73¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 60878

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 60882

List of positive integer factors of 60882 that divides 60878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 73, 139, 146, 219, 278, 417, 438, 834, 10147, 20294, 30441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60878 and 60882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60878 and 60882 is 2.

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