What is the Greatest Common Factor of 60998 and 61004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 60998 and 61004 is 2.

GCF(60998,61004) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 60998 and 61004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 60998 and 61004.

How to find the GCF of 60998 and 61004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 60998 and 61004. After we will calculate the factors of 60998 and 61004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 60998

Prime factors of 60998 are 2, 7, 4357. Prime factorization of 60998 in exponential form is:

60998 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4357¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61004

Prime factors of 61004 are 2, 101, 151. Prime factorization of 61004 in exponential form is:

61004 = 2² × 101¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 60998

List of positive integer factors of 60998 that divides 60998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4357, 8714, 30499

Step-4: Factors of 61004

List of positive integer factors of 61004 that divides 60998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 101, 151, 202, 302, 404, 604, 15251, 30502

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 60998 and 61004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 60998 and 61004 is 2.

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