What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55032 and 55052?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55032 and 55052 is 4.

GCF(55032,55052) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55032 and 55052, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55032 and 55052.

How to find the GCF of 55032 and 55052?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55032 and 55052. After we will calculate the factors of 55032 and 55052 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 55052

Prime factors of 55052 are 2, 13763. Prime factorization of 55052 in exponential form is:

55052 = 2² × 13763¹

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 55052

List of positive integer factors of 55052 that divides 55032 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13763, 27526

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55032 and 55052. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55032 and 55052 is 4.

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