What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6012 and 6024?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6012 and 6024 is 12.

GCF(6012,6024) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6012 and 6024, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6012 and 6024.

How to find the GCF of 6012 and 6024?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6012 and 6024. After we will calculate the factors of 6012 and 6024 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6012

Prime factors of 6012 are 2, 3, 167. Prime factorization of 6012 in exponential form is:

6012 = 2² × 3² × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6024

Prime factors of 6024 are 2, 3, 251. Prime factorization of 6024 in exponential form is:

6024 = 2³ × 3¹ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 6012

List of positive integer factors of 6012 that divides 6012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 167, 334, 501, 668, 1002, 1503, 2004, 3006

Step-4: Factors of 6024

List of positive integer factors of 6024 that divides 6012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 251, 502, 753, 1004, 1506, 2008, 3012

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6012 and 6024. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6012 and 6024 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6012 and 6024