What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55072 and 55082?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55072 and 55082 is 2.

GCF(55072,55082) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55072 and 55082, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55072 and 55082.

How to find the GCF of 55072 and 55082?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55072 and 55082. After we will calculate the factors of 55072 and 55082 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55072

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

55072 = 2⁵ × 1721¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55082

Prime factors of 55082 are 2, 27541. Prime factorization of 55082 in exponential form is:

55082 = 2¹ × 27541¹

Step-3: Factors of 55072

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 55082

List of positive integer factors of 55082 that divides 55072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 27541

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55072 and 55082. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55072 and 55082 is 2.

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