What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54998 and 55006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54998 and 55006 is 2.

GCF(54998,55006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54998 and 55006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54998 and 55006.

How to find the GCF of 54998 and 55006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54998 and 55006. After we will calculate the factors of 54998 and 55006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54998

Prime factors of 54998 are 2, 107, 257. Prime factorization of 54998 in exponential form is:

54998 = 2¹ × 107¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55006

Prime factors of 55006 are 2, 7, 3929. Prime factorization of 55006 in exponential form is:

55006 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3929¹

Step-3: Factors of 54998

List of positive integer factors of 54998 that divides 54998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 107, 214, 257, 514, 27499

Step-4: Factors of 55006

List of positive integer factors of 55006 that divides 54998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3929, 7858, 27503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54998 and 55006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54998 and 55006 is 2.

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