What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54955 and 54970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54955 and 54970 is 5.

GCF(54955,54970) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54955 and 54970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54955 and 54970.

How to find the GCF of 54955 and 54970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54955 and 54970. After we will calculate the factors of 54955 and 54970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54955

Prime factors of 54955 are 5, 29, 379. Prime factorization of 54955 in exponential form is:

54955 = 5¹ × 29¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54970

Prime factors of 54970 are 2, 5, 23, 239. Prime factorization of 54970 in exponential form is:

54970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 239¹

Step-3: Factors of 54955

List of positive integer factors of 54955 that divides 54955 without a remainder.

1, 5, 29, 145, 379, 1895, 10991

Step-4: Factors of 54970

List of positive integer factors of 54970 that divides 54955 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 23, 46, 115, 230, 239, 478, 1195, 2390, 5497, 10994, 27485

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54955 and 54970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54955 and 54970 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54955 and 54970