What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55032 and 55038?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55032 and 55038 is 6.

GCF(55032,55038) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55032 and 55038, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55032 and 55038.

How to find the GCF of 55032 and 55038?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55032 and 55038. After we will calculate the factors of 55032 and 55038 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55032

Prime factors of 55032 are 2, 3, 2293. Prime factorization of 55032 in exponential form is:

55032 = 2³ × 3¹ × 2293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55038

Prime factors of 55038 are 2, 3, 9173. Prime factorization of 55038 in exponential form is:

55038 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9173¹

Step-3: Factors of 55032

List of positive integer factors of 55032 that divides 55032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2293, 4586, 6879, 9172, 13758, 18344, 27516

Step-4: Factors of 55038

List of positive integer factors of 55038 that divides 55032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9173, 18346, 27519

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55032 and 55038. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55032 and 55038 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55032 and 55038