What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60942 and 60961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60942 and 60961 is 1.

GCF(60942,60961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60942 and 60961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60942 and 60961.

How to find the GCF of 60942 and 60961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60942 and 60961. After we will calculate the factors of 60942 and 60961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60942

Prime factors of 60942 are 2, 3, 7, 1451. Prime factorization of 60942 in exponential form is:

60942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 1451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60961

Prime factors of 60961 are 60961. Prime factorization of 60961 in exponential form is:

60961 = 60961¹

Step-3: Factors of 60942

List of positive integer factors of 60942 that divides 60942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 1451, 2902, 4353, 8706, 10157, 20314, 30471

Step-4: Factors of 60961

List of positive integer factors of 60961 that divides 60942 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60942 and 60961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60942 and 60961 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 60942 and 60961