Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 8955
GCF(60, 8955) = 15, Greatest common factor of 60 and 8955 is 15. 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 8955. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 8955 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 60 and 8955.
Prime Factorization of 60 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 5 and Prime Factorization of 8955 is 1, 3, 3, 5, 199.
- Factorize\( (60) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (8955) = \) \(1\times 3\times 3\times 5\times 199\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 3, 5) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(60, 8955) = 1\times 3\times 5 = 15\).
Greatest Common Factor of 60 and 8955 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 8955 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 199, 597, 995, 1791, 2985, 8955
As you can see, 15 is the greatest and common number that 60 and 8955 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 60 and 8955 is 15.
\(GCF(60, 8955) = 15\).
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