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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55040 and 55046?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55040 and 55046 is 2.

GCF(55040,55046) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55040 and 55046, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55040 and 55046.

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How to find the GCF of 55040 and 55046?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55040 and 55046. After we will calculate the factors of 55040 and 55046 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 55046

Prime factors of 55046 are 2, 17, 1619. Prime factorization of 55046 in exponential form is:

55046 = 21 × 171 × 16191

Step-3: Factors of 55040

List of positive integer factors of 55040 that divides 55040 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

Step-4: Factors of 55046

List of positive integer factors of 55046 that divides 55040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1619, 3238, 27523

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55040 and 55046. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55040 and 55046 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55040 and 55046