What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55060 and 55072?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55060 and 55072 is 4.

GCF(55060,55072) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55060 and 55072, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55060 and 55072.

How to find the GCF of 55060 and 55072?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55060 and 55072. After we will calculate the factors of 55060 and 55072 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55060

Prime factors of 55060 are 2, 5, 2753. Prime factorization of 55060 in exponential form is:

55060 = 2² × 5¹ × 2753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55072

Prime factors of 55072 are 2, 1721. Prime factorization of 55072 in exponential form is:

55072 = 2⁵ × 1721¹

Step-3: Factors of 55060

List of positive integer factors of 55060 that divides 55060 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2753, 5506, 11012, 13765, 27530

Step-4: Factors of 55072

List of positive integer factors of 55072 that divides 55060 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1721, 3442, 6884, 13768, 27536

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55060 and 55072. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55060 and 55072 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55060 and 55072