What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61596 and 61602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61596 and 61602 is 6.

GCF(61596,61602) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61596 and 61602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61596 and 61602.

How to find the GCF of 61596 and 61602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61596 and 61602. After we will calculate the factors of 61596 and 61602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61596

Prime factors of 61596 are 2, 3, 29, 59. Prime factorization of 61596 in exponential form is:

61596 = 2² × 3² × 29¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61602

Prime factors of 61602 are 2, 3, 10267. Prime factorization of 61602 in exponential form is:

61602 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10267¹

Step-3: Factors of 61596

List of positive integer factors of 61596 that divides 61596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 29, 36, 58, 59, 87, 116, 118, 174, 177, 236, 261, 348, 354, 522, 531, 708, 1044, 1062, 1711, 2124, 3422, 5133, 6844, 10266, 15399, 20532, 30798

Step-4: Factors of 61602

List of positive integer factors of 61602 that divides 61596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10267, 20534, 30801

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61596 and 61602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61596 and 61602 is 6.

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