What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55072 and 55090?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55072 and 55090 is 2.

GCF(55072,55090) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55072 and 55090, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55072 and 55090.

How to find the GCF of 55072 and 55090?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55072 and 55090. After we will calculate the factors of 55072 and 55090 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 55090

Prime factors of 55090 are 2, 5, 7, 787. Prime factorization of 55090 in exponential form is:

55090 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 787¹

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 55090

List of positive integer factors of 55090 that divides 55072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 70, 787, 1574, 3935, 5509, 7870, 11018, 27545

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55072 and 55090. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55072 and 55090 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55072 and 55090