What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54999 and 55014?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54999 and 55014 is 3.

GCF(54999,55014) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54999 and 55014, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54999 and 55014.

How to find the GCF of 54999 and 55014?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54999 and 55014. After we will calculate the factors of 54999 and 55014 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54999

Prime factors of 54999 are 3, 7, 97. Prime factorization of 54999 in exponential form is:

54999 = 3⁴ × 7¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55014

Prime factors of 55014 are 2, 3, 53, 173. Prime factorization of 55014 in exponential form is:

55014 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 53¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 54999

List of positive integer factors of 54999 that divides 54999 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 81, 97, 189, 291, 567, 679, 873, 2037, 2619, 6111, 7857, 18333

Step-4: Factors of 55014

List of positive integer factors of 55014 that divides 54999 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 53, 106, 159, 173, 318, 346, 519, 1038, 9169, 18338, 27507

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54999 and 55014. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54999 and 55014 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54999 and 55014