Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 8114
GCF(60, 8114) = 2, Greatest common factor of 60 and 8114 is 2. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 8114. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 8114 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 60 and 8114.
Prime Factorization of 60 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 5 and Prime Factorization of 8114 is 1, 2, 4057.
- Factorize\( (60) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (8114) = \) \(1\times 2\times 4057\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(60, 8114) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 8114 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 60 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60
List of positive integers factors of 8114 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4057, 8114
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 60 and 8114 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 60 and 8114 is 2.
\(GCF(60, 8114) = 2\).
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