What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55059 and 55063?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55059 and 55063 is 1.

GCF(55059,55063) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55059 and 55063, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55059 and 55063.

How to find the GCF of 55059 and 55063?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55059 and 55063. After we will calculate the factors of 55059 and 55063 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55059

Prime factors of 55059 are 3, 18353. Prime factorization of 55059 in exponential form is:

55059 = 3¹ × 18353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55063

Prime factors of 55063 are 17, 41, 79. Prime factorization of 55063 in exponential form is:

55063 = 17¹ × 41¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 55059

List of positive integer factors of 55059 that divides 55059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18353

Step-4: Factors of 55063

List of positive integer factors of 55063 that divides 55059 without a remainder.

1, 17, 41, 79, 697, 1343, 3239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55059 and 55063. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55059 and 55063 is 1.

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