What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5500 and 5518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5500 and 5518 is 2.

GCF(5500,5518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5500 and 5518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5500 and 5518.

How to find the GCF of 5500 and 5518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5500 and 5518. After we will calculate the factors of 5500 and 5518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5500

Prime factors of 5500 are 2, 5, 11. Prime factorization of 5500 in exponential form is:

5500 = 2² × 5³ × 11¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5518

Prime factors of 5518 are 2, 31, 89. Prime factorization of 5518 in exponential form is:

5518 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 5500

List of positive integer factors of 5500 that divides 5500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 25, 44, 50, 55, 100, 110, 125, 220, 250, 275, 500, 550, 1100, 1375, 2750

Step-4: Factors of 5518

List of positive integer factors of 5518 that divides 5500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 89, 178, 2759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5500 and 5518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5500 and 5518 is 2.

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