What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54896 and 54916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54896 and 54916 is 4.

GCF(54896,54916) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54896 and 54916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54896 and 54916.

How to find the GCF of 54896 and 54916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54896 and 54916. After we will calculate the factors of 54896 and 54916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54896

Prime factors of 54896 are 2, 47, 73. Prime factorization of 54896 in exponential form is:

54896 = 2⁴ × 47¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54916

Prime factors of 54916 are 2, 13729. Prime factorization of 54916 in exponential form is:

54916 = 2² × 13729¹

Step-3: Factors of 54896

List of positive integer factors of 54896 that divides 54896 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 47, 73, 94, 146, 188, 292, 376, 584, 752, 1168, 3431, 6862, 13724, 27448

Step-4: Factors of 54916

List of positive integer factors of 54916 that divides 54896 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13729, 27458

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54896 and 54916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54896 and 54916 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54896 and 54916