What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55030 and 55040?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55030 and 55040 is 10.

GCF(55030,55040) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55030 and 55040, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55030 and 55040.

How to find the GCF of 55030 and 55040?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55030 and 55040. After we will calculate the factors of 55030 and 55040 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55030

Prime factors of 55030 are 2, 5, 5503. Prime factorization of 55030 in exponential form is:

55030 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55040

Prime factors of 55040 are 2, 5, 43. Prime factorization of 55040 in exponential form is:

55040 = 2⁸ × 5¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 55030

List of positive integer factors of 55030 that divides 55030 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5503, 11006, 27515

Step-4: Factors of 55040

List of positive integer factors of 55040 that divides 55030 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 43, 64, 80, 86, 128, 160, 172, 215, 256, 320, 344, 430, 640, 688, 860, 1280, 1376, 1720, 2752, 3440, 5504, 6880, 11008, 13760, 27520

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55030 and 55040. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55030 and 55040 is 10.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55030 and 55040