What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55101 and 55107?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55101 and 55107 is 3.

GCF(55101,55107) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55101 and 55107, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55101 and 55107.

How to find the GCF of 55101 and 55107?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55101 and 55107. After we will calculate the factors of 55101 and 55107 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55101

Prime factors of 55101 are 3, 18367. Prime factorization of 55101 in exponential form is:

55101 = 3¹ × 18367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55107

Prime factors of 55107 are 3, 13, 157. Prime factorization of 55107 in exponential form is:

55107 = 3³ × 13¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 55101

List of positive integer factors of 55101 that divides 55101 without a remainder.

1, 3, 18367

Step-4: Factors of 55107

List of positive integer factors of 55107 that divides 55101 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 27, 39, 117, 157, 351, 471, 1413, 2041, 4239, 6123, 18369

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55101 and 55107. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55101 and 55107 is 3.

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