What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54997 and 55017?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54997 and 55017 is 1.

GCF(54997,55017) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54997 and 55017, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54997 and 55017.

How to find the GCF of 54997 and 55017?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54997 and 55017. After we will calculate the factors of 54997 and 55017 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54997

Prime factors of 54997 are 43, 1279. Prime factorization of 54997 in exponential form is:

54997 = 43¹ × 1279¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55017

Prime factors of 55017 are 3, 6113. Prime factorization of 55017 in exponential form is:

55017 = 3² × 6113¹

Step-3: Factors of 54997

List of positive integer factors of 54997 that divides 54997 without a remainder.

1, 43, 1279

Step-4: Factors of 55017

List of positive integer factors of 55017 that divides 54997 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 6113, 18339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54997 and 55017. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54997 and 55017 is 1.

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