What is the Greatest Common Factor of 551 and 564?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 551 and 564 is 1.

GCF(551,564) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 551 and 564, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 551 and 564.

How to find the GCF of 551 and 564?

We will first find the prime factorization of 551 and 564. After we will calculate the factors of 551 and 564 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 551

Prime factors of 551 are 19, 29. Prime factorization of 551 in exponential form is:

551 = 19¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 564

Prime factors of 564 are 2, 3, 47. Prime factorization of 564 in exponential form is:

564 = 2² × 3¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 551

List of positive integer factors of 551 that divides 551 without a remainder.

1, 19, 29

Step-4: Factors of 564

List of positive integer factors of 564 that divides 551 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 47, 94, 141, 188, 282

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 551 and 564. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 551 and 564 is 1.

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