What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55012 and 55026?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55012 and 55026 is 2.

GCF(55012,55026) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55012 and 55026, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55012 and 55026.

How to find the GCF of 55012 and 55026?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55012 and 55026. After we will calculate the factors of 55012 and 55026 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55012

Prime factors of 55012 are 2, 17, 809. Prime factorization of 55012 in exponential form is:

55012 = 2² × 17¹ × 809¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55026

Prime factors of 55026 are 2, 3, 1019. Prime factorization of 55026 in exponential form is:

55026 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1019¹

Step-3: Factors of 55012

List of positive integer factors of 55012 that divides 55012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 809, 1618, 3236, 13753, 27506

Step-4: Factors of 55026

List of positive integer factors of 55026 that divides 55012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1019, 2038, 3057, 6114, 9171, 18342, 27513

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55012 and 55026. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55012 and 55026 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55012 and 55026