What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6020 and 6036?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6020 and 6036 is 4.

GCF(6020,6036) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6020 and 6036, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6020 and 6036.

How to find the GCF of 6020 and 6036?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6020 and 6036. After we will calculate the factors of 6020 and 6036 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6020

Prime factors of 6020 are 2, 5, 7, 43. Prime factorization of 6020 in exponential form is:

6020 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6036

Prime factors of 6036 are 2, 3, 503. Prime factorization of 6036 in exponential form is:

6036 = 2² × 3¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 6020

List of positive integer factors of 6020 that divides 6020 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 43, 70, 86, 140, 172, 215, 301, 430, 602, 860, 1204, 1505, 3010

Step-4: Factors of 6036

List of positive integer factors of 6036 that divides 6020 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 503, 1006, 1509, 2012, 3018

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6020 and 6036. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6020 and 6036 is 4.

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